After a brawl at a football tournament in Frankfurt, a teenager is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries. A 16-year-old suspect was taken into custody.
A 15-year-old player suffered life-threatening injuries during a brawl during a football tournament in Frankfurt on Sunday. As the police announced on Tuesday, the victim from Berlin suffered severe brain injuries.
A 16-year-old tournament participant from France is therefore considered to be an urgent suspect. He is in custody. As the first had the Frankfurter Rundschau reported about the incident.
Beating after the final whistle
The tournament took place on the sports field of the Viktoria Prussia club in the district of Eckenheim. According to the police, after the final whistle of a game, players from a Berlin and a French youth team clashed. The suspect hit the 15-year-old on the head and neck.
The boy then collapsed and had to be revived. He was then taken to a hospital, where the brain injuries were found. According to the police, the boy is in a “very critical condition”. The Frankfurter Rundschau reported, citing an official of the Hessian Football Association and the suspect’s lawyer, that the victim had already died.
