Overview
- Following Sunday's clash inside Gurdwara Singh Sabha in Moers, police deployed nearly 100 officers, a SEK tactical unit from Düsseldorf, and a helicopter to secure the site.
- Videos and eyewitness accounts showed pepper spray, knives, and religious kirpans used inside the prayer hall as worshippers fled in panic, with some running out barefoot.
- Investigators recovered cartridge cases and detained at least one suspect, and they are testing whether a blank‑firing pistol was used because no firearm has been found.
- Police said four people suffered minor injuries in their initial release, while several outlets reported up to 11 treated by medics at the scene.
- The inquiry centers on a long-running dispute over committee control and the golak, the donation box that holds community funds, which has fueled prior tension within the congregation.