Germany tries to stop brawls in public swimming pools
Summer tensions are high at the Schwimmbad
Summer in Berlin is not dull this year. More than 100 police spent July 20th chasing reports of a stray lion. None turned up; it was probably a wild boar. So Berliners returned to the other big local debate: whether police should patrol municipal pools to prevent brawls.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Law and order at the Lido”
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