The head of the Essen security service Issa Security, Mohammed Issa, admitted that mostly youthful migrants are responsible.
“There’s a lot of testosterone, different cultures and mentalities. And nobody wants to submit to the other group,” he told the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.
“The violence today is a whole other house number,” emphasized Issa, whose employees have patrolled for years in various pools in the Ruhr area. Sometimes a false look is enough to trigger a violent outburst. “The cleverer one steps down” does not apply in many Arab-influenced societies, he explained.
Security personnel with a migration background have advantages and disadvantages. “Some rioters think you’re one of them. The same ethnic origin is helpful, but above all because of the language – many of the conflicts we could not defuse in German “, stressed the Palestinian-born entrepreneur.
In recent days, several fights and riots in swimming pools in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have made headlines. The swimming pool association has demanded a firmer crackdown against the perpetrators.