Police are investigating a mass brawl involving roughly 20 travellers at Nuremberg Airport after a dispute over queue position at a check-in counter escalated into violence on Friday evening. A 29-year-old man struck a 43-year-old fellow passenger in the face, triggering a wider fight between two groups totalling about 20 people. Authorities excluded 11 participants from their flight and opened criminal investigations into suspected bodily harm offences. Both men involved in the initial altercation were reported to be Turkish nationals.
Eleven barred from flight after brawl at Nuremberg airport check-in
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