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The fighting broke out at the Bautzen Christmas market — thought to be the oldest market of its kind in Germany — when locals objected to a group of around six migrant youths playing loud music from their mobile phones at the weekend.

A police source said the group of “young asylum seekers” initially were in a “verbal disagreement” with an equally sized group of young locals, according to local media reports.

The source remarked: “After a heated debate, individuals from both groups are said to have shoved each other. Two young men are said to have hurt themselves.”