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“The victim had to be resuscitated”
A 15-year-old soccer player suffered life-threatening injuries over the Pentecost weekend. After the end of the game, there was a mass brawl at the Germany Cup in Frankfurt am Main, with numerous injuries. WELT reporter Anna-Marleen Howe reports on the details.
The violence escalated at a youth tournament in Frankfurt. A 15-year-old boy suffers life-threatening injuries in a fight between competing players. The alleged perpetrator (16) is presented to the magistrate.
BAt a youth tournament in Frankfurt/Main there was an excess of violence. A 15-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries following a fight on Sunday.
First, the “Frankfurter Rundschau” and the “Frankfurter Neue Presse” reported that the youth had died. According to the police report from Tuesday morning, the boy is still alive. The alleged perpetrator, a 16-year-old from France, had already been brought before a magistrate. He issued an arrest warrant.
After a game at the “Germany Cup”, there was a fight with several participants at the sports facility of SV Viktoria Preussen. “According to current information, there was a commotion at around 4:10 p.m., after the final whistle of a football game, which escalated into a fight between the players,” the police statement said. The teenager was apparently hit in the head area.
“The victim then fell to the ground and subsequently required resuscitation. The alerted rescue workers immediately took the young person to a nearby hospital,” the police said. Life-threatening brain injuries were then found in the hospital. “He is still being kept alive,” said senior prosecutor Nadja Niesen to “BildI”.
Provocations between a Berlin club and a French club
According to the “Frankfurter Rundschau”, which refers to eyewitnesses, provocations are said to have occurred between a Berlin club and a French club after the semifinals. Then the fight broke out. According to the police, both the victim and the perpetrator are players from the competing teams. Uwe Henß, 1st chairman of the Platzverein SV Viktoria Preussen, explained to “Bild” on Tuesday afternoon that the victim was a player from JFC Berlin. The French are a team from the youth academy of second division club FC Metz.
According to information from the organizer, the teams in the U17 age group were divided up on the sports field, but also the younger teams in the U9, U10 and U11.
The “Germany Cup” is a series of international youth tournaments held throughout the year in various cities in Germany and the Netherlands. In Frankfurt the game was played from Friday to Sunday.
