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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Kurdish protesters and Turkish passengers began brawling inside the airport of the German northwestern city of Hannover, with two people receiving minor injuries as a result, police said.
The incident took place late on Monday in Terminal B and was caused by a spontaneous demonstration of Kurdish people against Turkey's military actions in Syria.
The demonstrators yelled accusations against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Ergodan. The Turkish passengers, who were awaiting their flight to Istanbul, attacked the Kurds, delaying the flight by over 30 minutes, according to media reports.
According to preliminary data, some 180 people were present at the site of the incident, and the authorities had to use tear gas against 20 individuals involved in the fight in order to keep the situation under control, according to police.
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A criminal investigation into the incident was launched, according to the German authorities.
The incident comes against the backdrop of Turkey's operation dubbed the "Olive Branch" against the Kurdish forces in the Syrian district of Afrin, started by Ankara on Saturday.
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Brawl at German airport between Turkish passengers and Kurds
13:54, 23 January 2018
A mass brawl has broken out at a German airport, sparked by demonstrators protesting about Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters.
Kurds who had gathered at airport for the protest came under attack from Turkish Airlines passengers, haz.de reported. Video showed protesters waving flags exchanging punches with a group of men, who ran towards them, and some of the flags being used as improvised weapons.
According to haz.de, the police had to use pepper spray to separate both sides. The brawl began by the Turkish Airlines desk at the airport’s Terminal B, Neue Presse reported.
Turkey’s army launched a major air and ground operation, accompanied by allied Syrian rebels, in northern Syria at the weekend in a bid to oust the US-allied Kurdish YPG militia.
It considers the YPG to be a ‘terrorist’ group, as well as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has waged a bloody three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.
On Monday Turkish soldiers and their Syrian allies launched a new attack on the Kurdish militia from Azaz, about 20 kilometres to the east of Afrin, as part of ‘Operation Olive Branch’. ‘We will take no step back. We spoke about this with our Russian friends. We have an agreement,’ said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 21 civilians – including six children – have been killed in the operation but Ankara says it has only hit ‘terrorists’.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5298859/Huge-brawl-Kurds-Turks-Hannover-airport.html
Huge brawl involving 180 people breaks out at German airport after Turkish passengers see Kurdish protest about Turkey's actions in Syria
- The protesters reportedly came under attack from Turkish Airlines passengers
- It was reported police at Hannover airport used pepper spray to restore order
- Turkey launched a military offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia at weekend
- It considers YPG, which is backed by the U.S in battled against ISIS, as terrorists
Published: 17:32 GMT, 22 January 2018 | Updated: 19:18 GMT, 22 January 2018
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A mass brawl has broken out at a German airport, sparked by demonstrators protesting about Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters.
Kurds who had gathered at airport for the protest came under attack from Turkish Airlines passengers, haz.de reported.
Video shows protesters waving flags exchanging punches with a group of men, who ran towards them, and some of the flags being used as improvised weapons.
According to haz.de, the police had to use pepper spray to separate both sides.
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Kurds who had gathered at Hanover Airport for the protest came under attack from Turkish Airlines passengers
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The brawl began by the Turkish Airlines desk at the airport's Terminal B, Neue Presse reported
The brawl began by the Turkish Airlines desk at the airport's Terminal B, Neue Presse reported.
Turkey's army launched a major air and ground operation, accompanied by allied Syrian rebels, in northern Syria at the weekend in a bid to oust the US-allied Kurdish YPG militia.
It considers the YPG to be a 'terrorist' group, as well as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has waged a bloody three-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.
