Police are calling for witnesses on Wednesday after a horde of people dressed as Vikings attacked a family home in Bavaria, injuring two women and a child
As festivities for the Karneval holiday of Rosenmontag were underway in the community of Kleinrinderfeld on Monday evening, about 20 costumed Vikings battered down an apartment door and descended upon residents inside, police reported.
Two women and a child were subsequently taken to a nearby hospital, where police were relieved to find their injuries were confined to bruising and “were not as bad as initially feared,” a statement by Würzburg county police said.
The Vikings, who had reduced the apartment door to splinters, vanished after the attack, leaving only a broken wooden sword behind. Though police questioned numerous revellers out celebrating, their efforts were thwarted because the local parade theme was “Vikings,” which meant there were hundreds of people dressed as rampaging Norse warriors in the town.
The attack may have been an act of revenge in a personal dispute, daily Augsburger Allgemeine reported this week.
If found, people involved in the attack could face charges of breaching the public peace and assault, police said, asking that anyone who saw suspicious activity around 7 pm on Monday file a report.
Rosenmontag is the traditional high point of Germany’s alcohol-fuelled Karnevalfestivities. On this day people dress up in costumes and stage elaborate parades to celebrate on crowded streets.
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