https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Emergency services temporarily evacuated Hamburg airport Sunday and treated almost 70 people after an irritant gas was released in the building - probably by a "prankster" using pepper spray, firefighters said. https://www.thelocal.de/20170213/pepper-spray-prank-leads-to-evacuation-at-hamburg-airport Mon, 13 Feb 2017 10:15:15 +0100 pepper-spray-prank-leads-to-evacuation-at-hamburg-airport Police are searching for a teenage girl, who reportedly went on a pepper spray rampage of sorts during a folk fest in the Rhineland. https://www.thelocal.de/20160905/teen-girl-injures-ten-in-pepper-spray-attack-spree Mon, 05 Sep 2016 18:40:44 +0200 teen-girl-injures-ten-in-pepper-spray-attack-spree One of Germany's largest drug stores has started selling pepper spray due to "increased requests" from customers. https://www.thelocal.de/20160823/drugstore-chain-dm-starts-selling-pepper-spray Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:14:08 +0200 drugstore-chain-dm-starts-selling-pepper-spray At least 11 people were injured in Bavaria on Saturday night, as a man apparently launched a pepper spray attack at a pool party. https://www.thelocal.de/20150720/man-questioned-over-poolside-pepper-spray-attack Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:15:32 +0200 man-questioned-over-poolside-pepper-spray-attack The socialist Left party is trying to ban police in North Rhine-Westphalia from using pepper spray in what could be a precursor to attempts to forbid its use by cops nationwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20111216/39549 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:11:00 +0100 39549