After attacking Schalke fans: police raid before BVB derby
NAfter the brutal attack on supporters of the Bundesliga soccer team FC Schalke 04 Almost three weeks ago, the police identified 19 suspects in raids in several NRW cities. “There were 25 searches. We have 19 suspects under investigation. We painstakingly determined who it was and have now made a home visit to them, ”said North Rhine-Westphalia Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) on Thursday in Düsseldorf.
In the February 19 attack According to more recent information from the Ministry of the Interior, “up to 200 coordinated attackers” are to be deployed in Gelsenkirchen attacked Schalke fans at dawn. Schalke just wanted to travel by coach to the away game at 1. FC Union Berlin. Four people were seriously injured. It is believed that the attackers were Dortmund and Essen football fans.
Reul praises the use of the police
“I think it’s huge that we’ve made a clean sweep in this area of the hooligan scene,” praised reul the use of the police.
The police are investigating trespassing and dangerous bodily harm. The investigators are concerned about the outbreak of violence district derby between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund this Saturday (6.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and at Sky). It cannot be ruled out that the attack on the Schalke Ultras “results in a reaction,” the police said. The derby between Schalke and Dortmund is considered a high-risk game anyway. The security authorities had also criticized the kick-off time in this context. They also imposed a ban on alcohol in and around the arena.
The 25 searched objects were mainly in Essen and Dortmund, but also in Schwelm, Bergheim, Gladbeck, Beelen, Bottrop and Gelsenkirchen. One of the objects searched was the Ultras Gelsenkirchen clubhouse, said a police spokesman in Gelsenkirchen on Thursday on request. The “Bild” newspaper had previously reported.
