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AUE, Germany (AP) - More soccer violence hit three German stadiums during second division games, leaving one coach hospitalized in another blow to the country 15 months before it hosts the World Cup.
Police arrested 25 people while two police officers and an unknown number of spectators were injured when several hundred violent fans fought with police and each other Friday night in Aue, Essen and Aachen. Stadiums and nearby gardens also were vandalized.
Energie Cottbus coach Petrik Sander collapsed on the field during his team's 2-0 loss in Aue after witnesses heard a loud explosion. He lay there for several minutes before being taken to the hospital. There was no immediate word of the extent of his injury.
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