German hooligans attack train; no one injured

FRANKFURT (AP) -About 30 masked hooligans attacked a train carrying football fans when it stopped at a train station in Germany, police said Monday.

The hooligans carried baseball bats, iron bars and other weapons and hurled stones when the train stopped Saturday evening in Weddel, near Braunschweig. Police officers accompanying the traveling Hannover fans prevented the two groups from clashing and no one was injured.

One carriage and the train station suffered substantial damage. The assailants, believed to be rival Eintracht Braunschweig supporters, fled in the darkness.

The train was carrying Hannover fans who were returning from Potsdam where the reserve team had played a game.

Braunschweig, which plays in the third division, had a home game Saturday. Braunschweig and Hannover have a bitter rivalry.