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Bloody clash in Celle: bottle and knife in play!
In Celle, a 30-year-old injured a 49-year-old during an argument. Investigations into assault are ongoing.
Bloody clash in Celle: bottle and knife in play!
On Saturday evening there was a serious incident in downtown Celle that caused excitement among the guests present at a cultural association meeting. A 30-year-old man was injured in the head by a 49-year-old with a glass bottle. The incident took place in the Triftanlagen, and the 30-year-old was obviously drunk when he began harassing a 55-year-old acquaintance, as reported by [Messages Today].
The 55-year-old responded to the uninvited attention by pulling a kitchen knife from her picnic cutlery. Fortunately, there were no injuries caused by the knife, but the circumstances required quick action when the 49-year-old intervened. He hit the 30-year-old on the head with the bottle, resulting in a bleeding head laceration. The injured person then had to be treated by emergency services because he was bleeding profusely. Other visitors to the cultural association meeting were also covered in blood as a result of the altercation, but they remained uninjured.
Legal consequences
After the police were alerted, officers initiated an investigation against both men. The 49-year-old is facing charges of grievous bodily harm, while the 55-year-old is in the pillory for threatening people with a knife. The investigations so far have revealed no evidence of a connection between the incident and the cultural association meeting, various news portals report.
Unfortunately, such violent clashes are not uncommon in Germany. In 2017, for example, over 137,000 cases of dangerous and serious bodily harm were recorded. Although these numbers have decreased since then, the clearance rate has increased slightly, indicating that the police are increasingly effective. The statistics also show that the majority of suspects are adults, a circumstance that once again highlights the problem of violence in society, as Odabs documents.
The investigation in Celle is still ongoing and it remains to be seen how the case will develop. In any case, this is another wake-up call that alcohol and aggressive behavior should have no place in public.