According to the Tag24 server, a fight broke out between persons with foreign citizenship around 18:15. Groups of people from Slovakia and Bulgaria forcibly settled their accounts here, said police spokesman Chris Graupner.
Members of feuding groups attacked each other with fists, kicks, shovels, sticks, baseball bats, and one participant in the fight even used a bicycle wheel. Chaos reigned on the spot, a loud scream could be heard.
@ainyrockstar 22/05/2026, Mockrehna, Bulgaren vs Slowaken, 33 Beteiligte, 7 Verletzte am Ende.
Und dann soll noch das antragslose Kindergeld kommen? Damit diese Zigeunerfamilien hier noch mehr Kinder mit deutschem Steuergeld finanzieren? NO! pic.twitter.com/ubIfgyhsOd— Paul Summ (@SummPaul) May 23, 2026
What exactly started the fight is under investigation. When the police patrol arrived at the scene, its members did not intervene at first and passively watched.
They had to call in numerous reinforcements, which, according to the Leipziger Volkszeitung, arrived all the way from Dresden. Only then did the law enforcement officers manage to get the situation under control.
At least seven people were injured, three of whom were treated by paramedics on the spot, while the other four were taken to the hospital.
The police officers legitimized the participants in the fight and detained one man, who had previously been issued an arrest warrant for violating the conditions of a substitute prison sentence. They are investigating the fight as a violation of public order.
