After Arrest of 13 German vacationers on Mallorca because alleged arson, are new details became known regarding the alleged act and the alleged perpetrators. As the Mallorca Zeitung reported that those arrested are said to be members of a Münster Kegelclubs act. The men between the ages of 24 and mid-40 come from North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony.
The Germans are accused of throwing cigarette butts onto the terrace roof of a restaurant and also pouring alcohol on it at a party on the balcony of their hotel near Ballermann on Friday (May 20, 2022). That The reed roof caught fireAccording to media reports, the flames damaged the restaurant and another one, as well as an apartment and the hotel. Two people were slightly injured, according to the landlady, there was one Damage of regarding 150,000 euros.
Restaurant fire in Mallorca: Vacationers are said to have filmed fire
Opposite of Mallorca Zeitung said an acquaintance of the accused. She said the men are actually non-smokers, and some of them are even members of the volunteer fire department.
However, the information provided by the acquaintances does not really match the picture that a Mallorcan neighbor of the bar draws from the events on Friday evening. He says the men partied for hours in hotel rooms one on top of the other, listening to loud music and tipping alcohol off the balconies. The Germans also had the fire filmed with their cellphones and laughed and yelped. Only when they realized the extent of the flames did they fall off the balconies.
The newspaper reported late Saturday evening (May 21, 2022). Majorca Newspaper and other regional media, citing the local judiciary that the men remain behind bars for the time being will. The responsible investigating judge in Palma ordered the tourists to be held in custody without the right to bail. A judicial spokesman confirmed this information on Sunday (May 22, 2022) upon request.
Arrested Germans did not comment
The Germans arrested on Friday evening are said to have exercised their right not to testify during their interrogation by the judge on Saturday. The judge go of “shared responsibility” out, wrote “Diario de Mallorca”.
Ballermann is currently being celebrated as wildly as it was before the corona pandemic. There are practically no longer any restrictions on the island. In the past few weeks, there have been more fights and thefts in the German holiday hotspot.
