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Seven
people were stabbed when two gangs of Iraqi Kurds
and Turks clashed outside a nightclub in Bristol in
what police believe may have been a racially
motivated brawl.
About 12 men were involved in the fight outside the
Chicago Rock Cafe in the city's waterfront area on
Saturday night.
Seven Turkish men were taken to hospital and treated
for multiple stab wounds. Three were still in
hospital last night and their condition was
described as serious. Two required emergency
surgery. An Iraqi Kurd was arrested in connection
with the stabbings.
Det Chief Insp Geoff Spicer said: "The victims are
Turkish and there is an indication the antagonists
may have been Iraqi Kurds.
"It is possible there is a racial element between
those two groups of men as opposed to a wider racial
motive."
Mr Spicer said the police were having difficulty
communicating with the Turkish men and needed to
bring in translators from London.
An underwater search team trawled the marina outside
the Chicago Rock Cafe looking for a knife which
detectives believe was thrown into the water after
the fight.
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