Woman injured in fight over IKEA shopping trolley in Germany

Police investigation: Officers were forced to break up a fight at an IKEA store in Germany
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Fiona Simpson14 May 2018

Police were called to break up a fight between two women arguing over a shopping cart in at an IKEA store in Germany, according to reports.

One woman was taken to hospital following the scuffle at the Swedish homeware store in Eching, just outside Munich on Saturday.

A 49-year-old woman and an 18-year-old woman had been arguing over how to manoeuvre their shopping trolley’s around each other, the Müncher Merkur newspaper reported.

The younger shopper’s father is said to have waded in and pushed the older woman, according to the newspaper.

She then fell against a metal shelf and cut her head before being taken to hospital, the report added.

According to local police both shoppers admitted their involvement in the fight but refused to take the blame.

Officers are investigating the incident on assault and insult charges, Müncher Merkur reported.

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