Riot?

 Cops have started to talk about a 'riot' from last night....in Trier.  

What is generally said....German cops got called to a local disco in the west part of Trier.  Several cars pull up....probably ten policemen in the first group.  

Arguments had escalated at the club, and there were allegations of bodily harm. 

Things then got out of hand....with a group of forty-odd customers reacting to the police presence, and the arrest of two guys.  Cops reacted with pepper-spray to control the crowd.  Then cops say the attackers used beer bottles, broom-sticks, shovels, and iron bars on them.  

At some point.....one of the police felt the situation was going in a fairly negative way.....pulled his pistol and fired two rounds to get everyone's attention.  The 'assault' then stopped.  

A lot of talk now about additional charges.  

A lot of action by drunks?  Well....that's the unfortunate view....especially since this started shortly after midnight.  

Trier itself?  It's a town of 110,000 residents, and fairly quiet.  I lived around the region in the 1990s for 15 months.  Other than the university, the Roman history background and the rural setting....it's really not known for much.

After the two shots fired....that probably woke up everyone within a kilometer, and resulted more calls to the police about 'shots fired'.