Nine injured in bar fight in Kadıköy

Nine people were injured when two groups of people attacked each other with knives on Kadife Street, also known as “Bar Street,” in İstanbul's Kadıköy district late Saturday.
 
According to reports one of the groups attacked members of the other group on Kadife Street, telling them not to drink there again.

Some eyewitnesses said the attackers were carrying bottles of alcohol in their hands and were members of a group known as the “Hell's Angels,” who wear identical T- shirts.

In protest of the attack in Kadıköy, some people on Facebook called for the organization a demonstration on Bar Street.

Police made a statement on Sunday and said the Kadıköy incident was not just a street fight and noted it started in a bar a week ago. Police said the attack was perpetrated by the Hell's Angels group, some of whose members have criminal records.

Those who were injured in the attack were identified as Nezih Ayak, İnan Aruh, Sertaç Birgin, Yiğit Hadi İlde, İsmet Ozan Eras, Semih Ergeleli and Öncel Yüksel. 

Residents of the neighborhood complain about the rise in the number of bars there, which they hold responsible for noise and excessive drinking of alcohol. 

Ferhat Çakır, a resident, said people drink alcohol in their street until morning and disturb them.

“They enter buildings to relieves themselves at night. We applied to the governor's office to inform them about our problem, but we didn't get any results. They also use the wall of the Ayia Triada Greek Orthodox Church as a WC. We reminded them that it is a place of worship, but our warning was to no avail.”

 

Fighting biker gangs may be behind incidents

Police believe a fight between two biker clubs may be linked to the shooting this week at a Stranmillis Avenue home.
Winnipeg Police Service spokeswoman Const. Natalie Aitken said today the home "may have been targeted."
Officers went to the Stranmillis home Wednesday at about 4 a.m. after a report of shots fired, as well as smoke inside the structure.
And the day before, police went to a home on the first 100 block of Canberra Road after shots were heard.
That home was damaged from what looked like a shooting, though police said no one was injured.
"The evidence that we do have to date suggests that it looks like it’s two opposing motorcycle clubs that have been involved in different incidents in the last week," said  Aitken.
"When we have these types of incidents with individuals who are arming themselves, in this case, either with firearms, or other weapons of choice, that’s something that the police service is taking very seriously, and is working as quickly as we can to locate and apprehend any individuals who would be responsible," said Aitken.
She said police don’t have any answers right now as to what the dispute is over. Officers are interviewing a number of people, and are looking at if they’re connected to any other crimes.
"We don’t have anyone in custody right now, those are answers that we certainly would like to get to the bottom (of) as quickly as possible," she said.
"We’re very fortunate that in these incidents no one was injured."