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Some 155 police officers were injured in clashes with Dynamo Berlin and Energie Cottbus fans over the weekend \u2014 most of them from the use of their own tear gas.<\/p>\n
Berlin police said 116 officers suffered injuries from tear-gas use, 28 from assaults and 11 after being hit by pyrotechnics fired by supporters after the fourth-division match at Dynamo\u2019s ground.<\/p>\n
\u201cI absolutely condemn it,\u201d Berlin\u2019s senator for sport, Iris Spranger, said Monday. \u201cThe club has to tell us now what it wants to do with its fan base. This is taxpayers\u2019 money that we had to spend, with 1,000 police officers for security.\u201d<\/p>\n
Security at football games is a priority for police, with Germany hosting the European Championship for 24 national teams this summer.<\/p>\n
Police have been training for potential trouble at matches.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch violence destroys sport,\u201d Germany\u2019s interior minister, Nancy Faeser, said on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n
It broke out Saturday when the rivals met at Dynamo\u2019s ground in eastern Berlin for a match with promotion at stake for both.<\/p>\n
The two clubs have fallen from the heights of their heyday \u2014 Cottbus played in the Bundesliga from 2000-03 and 2006-09.<\/p>\n
Dynamo won 10 successive East German titles from 1979-88 amid allegations of match-fixing as Stasi chief Erich Mielke\u2019s favored club. Cottbus was forced to give up its best players to the Berlin team at the time.<\/p>\n
Both clubs are known for having a far-right element among their fans.<\/p>\n
Police said trouble flared when Dynamo supporters fired pyrotechnics at the visiting fans and burned Cottbus scarves, forcing the game to be stopped for around 15 minutes.<\/p>\n
Police said they prevented the situation from escalating as the game resumed, but that the rival groups covered their faces and fired pyrotechnics at each other after the match, when Cottbus fans burned Dynamo paraphernalia in return.<\/p>\n
The rival groups made several attempts to break through police lines to meet each other, forcing the police to use tear gas.<\/p>\n
\u201cPolice dogs were also deployed, and two home fans were bitten and injured,\u201d the police said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The unrest continued away from the ground, where some fans threw bottles at police and tried loosening small paving stones to throw. The officers responded with tear gas and water cannons.<\/p>\n
Police filed a total of 62 criminal charges, including for breaches of the peace, attacks on law enforcement officers, resistance, physical assaults, freeing prisoners and insults. Some 74 people were apprehended and later released.<\/p>\n
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