Local police in the university town of Göttingen reported on Sunday evening that a mass brawl involving 200 people had taken place. But later on Monday police admitted that there had been no mass brawl. How the altercation came to be called a mass brawl involving 200 people remains unclear, as is the question of why the clash began and who started it. This is not the first time that police have been accused of publishing misleading information concerning criminality involving refugees or ethnic minorities. In July police reported mass violence at a folk festival in Schorndorf, Baden-Württemberg.

Source: The Local August 14, 2017 13:52 UTC