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YouTube face-off: Berlin police break up mass brawl | YouTube face-off: Berlin police break up mass brawl |
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More than 100 police officers were deployed to break up a mass brawl in Berlin reportedly organised by two rival YouTube stars. | |
The fight broke out on Thursday evening in one of the main squares in the German capital, police said. Nine people were injured. | |
More than 400 people had gathered after two social media influencers reportedly urged their fans to join a face-off. | More than 400 people had gathered after two social media influencers reportedly urged their fans to join a face-off. |
As tensions escalated, a large melee involving around 50 people erupted. | As tensions escalated, a large melee involving around 50 people erupted. |
Officers used pepper spray and tear gas after attempts to disperse the crowds in Alexanderplatz with loudspeakers failed. | |
As police intervened, clashes spilled over in a nearby subway, where rocks picked up from railway lines were reportedly thrown. | As police intervened, clashes spilled over in a nearby subway, where rocks picked up from railway lines were reportedly thrown. |
Two officers were injured and six people were treated for eye irritation from tear gas, Berlin Morgenpost reports. | |
The brawl was the result of a "dispute" between two rival YouTube stars from Berlin and Stuttgart, according to local media reports. | The brawl was the result of a "dispute" between two rival YouTube stars from Berlin and Stuttgart, according to local media reports. |
In social media posts, the YouTubers, named as "Thatsbekir" and "Bahar Al Amood" by German media, both denied they were at fault for the brawl. | |
Norbert Cioma, head of Berlin's Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GDP) police union, called on social media celebrities with vast followings to be more responsible. | Norbert Cioma, head of Berlin's Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GDP) police union, called on social media celebrities with vast followings to be more responsible. |
"We see in the rapper scene, and increasingly also with other influencers, that they are sometimes very negligent with their influence," he said. | "We see in the rapper scene, and increasingly also with other influencers, that they are sometimes very negligent with their influence," he said. |
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