This is the moment when the police in Mallorca chased and fired rubber bullets at German football “ultras” at a British holiday resort.
On Monday night, tourists had to flee the Mallorcan beach hotel in Playa de Palma as officers from the UPR unit of the national police tried to disperse an organization of about fifty people.
Most were fans of Alemannia Aachen, a German football club from the western city of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia, which has just been promoted to the 3. La Liga, third place in Germany.
The club’s ultras are connected on the right.
The organization had assaulted the doorman of the Bamboleo bar on Pare Bartomeu Salvà street, near the beach, reports the Boletín Diario de Mallorca.
A fight ensued with other security guards, resulting in serious injuries at the bar.
Circulating footage captured the moment armed police arrived around 7 p. m.
Armed officials can be seen running behind an organization dressed in yellow and black (the colors of Alemannia Aachen) in front of horrified onlookers.
Amid the chaos on the strip, other tourists fled for cover as police began firing rubber bullets at rioters.
The other tourists hid in the streets and ran to other bars to hide.
Neighbors described the ordeal as a “war zone. “
Earlier images showed the large group of Alemannia enthusiasts gathered outside the Bamboleo bar singing and drinking throughout the day.
According to the report, Palma City Council and the national government are sending more police officers to the region.
Alemannia Aachen were crowned champions of the Regionalliga West, one of the five leagues in the fourth division of the German football league system, after completing 12 editions at the top of the league.
The last time they competed in the third division was in the 2012-13 campaign, six years after being relegated from the Bundesliga.
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By Tom Malley
Perhaps there is something to celebrate for Alemannia Achen after their recent good luck on the pitch, but there are much more serious things to take care of before the German fourth-tier side can settle for it.
Known as “Kartoffelkäfer,” which literally means “potato beetles,” Alemannia is home to some of the country’s most energetic ultras.
An organization of ultras, called Karlsbande, has lately had its own website, where they meet “several times a week to create flags, double supports or choreography. “
They affirm that being ultra is “an attitude towards life that accompanies you each and every day of your life”.
A well-known right-wing hooligan organization called Boxstaffel 520 was founded two years ago, a source told DW. com.
They remain at the epicenter of an ongoing debate, with experts calling the club a hotbed of far-right extremism.
According to the left-wing platform “Rechercheplattform zur Identitären Bewegung”, the club’s directors were photographed in Instagram posts via some organised right-wing supporters of the club.
In reaction to the large anti-far-right protests in Germany earlier this year, Alemannia published a questionable post on social media.
“We openly oppose all bureaucracy of hate, incitement and extremism,” it reads. “The club will not participate in any event that may simply ‘divide society’.
The club later apologized for the “questionably worded” message and promised an internal investigation.
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