German footballers have been filmed being beaten by bouncers in Mallorca after allegedly refusing to quit, as the country’s rowdy tourists take over the island’s bars and beach clubs.
A group of 18 amateur footballers were reportedly forced to flee after two of them were caught smoking by security at a bar and nightclub on Palma’s seafront.
The men were reportedly thrown out of the bar and beaten by security guards with batons, with a witness telling Mallorca Zeitung: ‘Each of the 18 received at least one hit. All’.
Shocking video shows bouncers appearing to punch a tourist in the face and men fleeing down the street away from the pub.
It comes as people who work in the tourism industry on the Balearic island have criticized the hooligan behavior of German tourists this season, with speculation that they are taking on the role of Britain’s biggest troublemaker.
Footage from the area, believed to have been filmed in June, shows black-clad security guards standing over a man who appears to have been thrown to the ground.
When a man appears to protest his friend’s treatment, one of the bouncers punches him square in the face.
Concerned bystanders filmed the altercation, and the escalation of violence only stopped when police showed up, according to reports.
German holidaymakers flock every summer to the well-known party spot of Ballermann, an area that stretches along Playa de Palma and is known for its nightclubs and bars.
German vacationers flock to the notorious Ballermann party hotspot each summer, where parties break out on the beach and in the clubs that line it, but now local businesses warn that the “extreme” party spirit has gotten worse than ever. never.
The stretch of the island, along Playa de Palma, is so named because ‘ballern’ is the German word for excessive drinking, while the area is officially called Balneario No 6.
Footage from the area, believed to have been filmed in June, shows black-clad security guards standing over a man who appears to have been thrown to the ground.
There were claims that two of the 18 men, said to be a Black Forest football team, were told to stop smoking inside a club, but then lit more cigarettes.
When a man appears to protest his friend’s treatment, one of the bouncers punches him square in the face.
One of the men, believed to have been among those caught smoking, reportedly suffered a burst eardrum and had to go to hospital, while the other was unharmed.
In one clip, a man who appears to be a janitor points at people as they film the dramatic scenes.
Angry gorillas appeared to be marching through the streets of Palma after dramatic clashes with tourists.
German tourists appeared to be being herded through the streets by security after they were reportedly thrown out of the pub.
In another clip, a man who appears to be a janitor angrily points at people as they film the dramatic scenes.
As the violence escalated, the security team led the group of men through Carrer des Canyes, Mallorca Zeitung reports.
Dramatic videos of people on the street and in their holiday apartments show how the men were ‘herded like cattle’ out of the pub.
The escalation of violence was only quelled when the police reportedly showed up, but no criminal complaint is believed to have been filed.
It is just one example of the tensions between tourists and tourism workers in the city, with reports that a doorman was arrested after pushing a German tourist to the ground.
With troublesome young Germans arriving in the small town of Arenal for the summer, the locals brace for more fighting.
German police officers are now being recruited to assist the National Police, with 12 expected to patrol the streets of Palma over the next few months.
Soccer fans wear the name of their German association football club on their backs as they strut their stuff on the beach in Mallorca.
A group in red drink beers while standing by the beach.
Michael Bormann, owner of the Deutsches Eck restaurant in Palma, told the newspaper that the “party spirit” this year was “very extreme” and that some German tourists were behaving excessively.
While Beatrice Ciccardini, owner of the Zur Krone restaurant added that “it has never been as bad as this year.”
Alain Carbonell told the Majorca Daily Bulletin that some of the tourists didn’t even bother to book hotel accommodation, adding: “They are all young, 18-20 years old, and they come just to get drunk.”
Spanish advertisers have recently been photographed in lederhosen, sporting the blue and white diamonds of the Bavarian Rautenflagge, in an attempt to lure German tourists to the Oberbayern nightclub.
While Brits Abroad are often understandably belittled for their antics on the beaches of the Spanish islands, they aren’t the only ones who sometimes get a little too relaxed, as pictures from this year’s Christmas season show.
German visitors can be seen literally drinking out of the bucket, a trend that local shops have been happy to enable for at least a decade.
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