According to local police, a total of 22 young people were injured when a window exploded at a nightclub in the Croatian holiday city of Split.
Croatian media Reports of one person being seriously injured.
Among those who escaped with minor injuries was Swede Nora Rückert, who had to spend the rest of the evening in hospital.
15 stitches
Around midnight on Wednesday, a window exploded in Split's central nightclub.
It is said that large numbers of people barked together, causing the dangerous explosion. This was reported by several media outlets, including the Swedish newspaper Express.
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“I remember he slammed it, and then my whole face became warm from the blood flowing,” Ruckert tells Expressen.
She was taken to a local hospital. There she had to have a total of 15 stitches. However, at the time, it wasn't supposed to hurt that much.
“Today, Wednesday, I noticed it hurt a little more,” she admits.
– Lots of blood
She also says there is very little control over who comes and goes in the nightclub.
“There were people everywhere, and no guards to sort things out,” she told the newspaper. “People came from all directions.”
The nightclub owner told the Croatian newspaper about the incident. Dalmantinsky Gate. They have a slightly different interpretation of this issue:
The entire family was wiped out.
– The staff immediately came to the rescue, five ambulances arrived at the scene, the police also arrived quickly. Everyone helped the victims. There were no accidents or struggles, the glass was just shattered by the weight of all the people, says a representative of Central.
People were lying on the ground.
Swede Matthias, who gave only his first name, described chaotic conditions outside the nightclub. He saw ambulances carrying a number of injured people away from the area.
– Before we were removed by the police who used batons to kick everyone away, I saw people lying on the ground. There was a lot of blood.
The article was published in cooperation with the Swedish newspaper Expressen. Dagbladet has tried to reach Nora, so far without success.
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