Fans of Alemannia Aachen celebrated promotion to the 3rd league at Ballermann. Then the situation between “Bierkönig” and “Bamboleo” escalated. The police intervened and fired shots.
On Monday, Schinkenstrasse on Ballermann was transformed into a sea of black and yellow. Fans of the Alemannia Aachen football club celebrated their promotion to the third division and their victory in the state cup. Apparently some players from the regional league champions were also there. But the mood changed and the Spanish police intervened. As the “Mallorca Zeitung” reports, shots were fired.
In a video that has been circulating on the Internet, police officers can be seen storming the party zone between “Bierkönig” and “Bamboleo” while at least one officer fired shots into the air. Blank cartridges were used, a spokesman for the National Police told the “Mallorca-Zeitung”. However, witnesses say that they were rubber bullets.
According to the police, the reason for the operation was rioting by some Aachen fans in the “Bamboleo”, reports the “Mallorca Zeitung”. They ignored instructions and did not leave the area despite being asked to do so. In addition, a bouncer at the bar was injured. The police were then alerted to bring the situation under control.
Witnesses, however, portray the course of events differently. The Aachen fans celebrated peacefully, but then the bouncers would no longer let anyone wearing black and yellow club colors into the “Bamboleo”. In addition, a fan was attacked with a baton by a bouncer. “But the bouncers were very aggressive. It escalated around 5 or 6 p.m. “We felt like cattle,” said an Aachen supporter, describing the incidents. “We were beaten with sticks by the bouncers and the police. I was really scared.”
So far there is no information about possible arrests. The exact circumstances of the incident and whether anyone was injured are still being investigated.