In several cities – especially in the Ruhr area – it suddenly gets restless Thursday morning: Police vehicles and masked officers suddenly appear in front of various residential and club houses and shortly afterwards go inside. it would “Various police measures carried out”said a spokesman for the Gelsenkirchen police in the morning.
The focus is on Dortmund, Essen and Gelsenkirchen. But objects were also searched in Schwelm, Bergheim, Gladbeck, Beelen and Bottrop. said about it NRWInterior Minister Herbeut Reul on Thursday: “We have 19 suspects under investigation. We painstakingly worked out who it was and made a home visit to them“.
attack on Schalkefans probably background
The raids are aimed at violent footballfans – two days before the stationderbies between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund. Because between the fanstorage of the Bundesliga long-term rivals, it was particularly rumbling recently. The background is an attack on February 19, 2023. Up to 200 coordinated attackers are said to have attacked Schalke fans at dawn.
Schalke were attacked in front of the Ultras clubhouse. They were just about to take a coach to the away game in Berlin. A mass brawl ensued. According to the latest investigations, the attackers should leave the fan-environment of BVB and come from Rot-Weiss Essen. Four people were injured in the mass brawl, including a bus driver.