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Dutch tourists get into brawl on Crete

Dutch tourists get into brawl on Crete

Three young Dutch tourists were injured, with one of them hospitalized, while four of their compatriots were arrested after a brawl broke out in the popular resort of Hersonissos on the island of Crete. 

According to the Cretalive news and media site, the incident occurred early Thursday when a group of four Dutchmen, three aged 18 and the fourth 19, attacked a fellow Dutch national on one of the main streets of the resort. 

An all-out brawl broke out when two of their compatriots, aged 19 and 27, tried to intervene.

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