EHC Biel and HC Lausanne played on Friday. After the ice hockey match, a few chaots started in the city center of Biel. At around 10 p.m., according to the cantonal police in Bern, some fans of HC Lausanne in the area of the BienBar and the temporary store on Aarbergstrasse near Guisanplatz tried to confront supporters of EHC Biel. Fists flew quickly. Two people were injured. A man later went to the hospital on his own.
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When the emergency services of the Bern Cantonal Police arrived, several people fled the location. The search was immediately started.
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Around 10.40 p.m., several suspected participants were spotted walking on the Ländtestrasse towards the Seefelskreisel, as the Bern Cantonal Police wrote in a message. When the group turned against the police, rubber shot had to be used for a short time. Four men were subsequently stopped.
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Travel coaches accompanied to the canton’s borders
In the meantime, three travel cars with departing followers of HC Lausanne in the city center were temporarily stopped, whereby pepper spray also had to be used to prevent several masked passengers from getting out of the cars
get out. The cars were then escorted by the Cantonal Police of Bern to the cantonal border.
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The arrested men were taken to a police station for further clarification and temporarily arrested. One of the men had a hand injury. He was given medical care on site and did not have to be taken to hospital. (JMH)
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