Overview
- A verbal dispute at the Billinganlage festival escalated late Saturday and, around 11:30 p.m., two men allegedly sprayed what police describe as animal repellent toward another group.
- Six people aged 14 to 57 suffered mainly eye irritation and received medical treatment, and the victims include five German nationals and one Greek national.
- Police units from the Fürth station, backed by the Unterstützungskommando Mittelfranken (USK), took a 19-year-old and a 35-year-old German into custody at the scene.
- The Staatsanwaltschaft Nürnberg-Fürth ordered blood samples from both suspects and the authorities have opened a criminal probe on suspicion of dangerous bodily harm while motives remain under review.
- Police say the substance was likely animal-repellent spray, a product that commonly causes strong eye and respiratory irritation, and initial reporting is based on a Polizeipräsidium Mittelfranken press release that has not been editorially verified.