{"id":6146,"date":"2026-04-21T05:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6146\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T05:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:29:14","slug":"11-injured-in-violent-clash-at-moers-gurdwara-in-germany-over-polls-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/6146\/","title":{"rendered":"11 injured in violent clash at Moers Gurdwara in Germany over polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN: At least 11 people were injured after a violent clash broke out inside a gurdwara in the Duisburg area in the German city of Moers,  prompting a major police response and the deployment of special tactical units,  according to German media reports.<\/p>\n<p>The incident reportedly involved around 40 individuals and escalated rapidly into a physical confrontation inside the religious premises.<\/p>\n<p>Visuals circulating on social media,  claimed to be from inside the gurdwara,  show members of two groups engaging in a violent altercation. Reports indicate that sharp weapons,  including knives and kirpans,  were used during the clash. Some accounts also suggest that pepper spray was deployed and a firearm was discharged inside the premises,  although authorities are still verifying these claims.<\/p>\n<p>German newspaper Bild reported that the exact cause of the confrontation is under investigation,  but preliminary findings suggest the violence may be linked to disputes over the election of a new gurdwara management board.<\/p>\n<p>These internal disagreements are also believed to involve control over gurdwara funds,  with rival groups allegedly contesting authority and financial management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN: At least 11 people were injured after a violent clash broke out inside a gurdwara in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,6053,5887,6054],"class_list":{"0":"post-6146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-germany","9":"tag-injured","10":"tag-moers","11":"tag-polls"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}