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Two men suffered serious stab wounds Friday in a brawl in Germany involving the motorcycle gang Hell's Angels. Riot police separated the rival gangs after the battle outside a court building in the northern port city of Kiel. Police said the court had been just about to start the trial of an accused for nearly stabbing a Hell's Angels member to death last year. The accused, who had recovered, and the victim, both with a crowd of supporters, met on a street outside the court Friday. Last year's Hell's Angel victim was stabbed again and rushed into intensive care, along with a second man. There were 20 arrests. Police did not disclose the other gang's name, except to say there had been a history of gang feuding between the two groups. The trial was adjourned.

Police have cancelled a tattoo show at the NEC amid fears rival biker gangs were gearing up for a bloodbath. The move follows a clash between the notorious Hell's Angels and arch rivals The Outlaws at Birmingham airport which saw gangs brandish weapons in front of horrified holidaymakers in January. A 50-year-old man was left fighting for his life after being smashed over the head with a machete in the brawl which left two other men with stab wounds and sent passers-by fleeing for their lives. West Midlands Police have pulled the plug on the Ink and Iron show - which features everything from motorbikes to tattoos - due to be held on April 12 and 13, over concerns of mob warfare. Officers received a tip-off that the two gangs were planning to use the event as a bloody showdown following the airport fight.Police fear the gangs have chosen Solihull as a battleground following the murder of Hell's Angels member Gerry Tobin who was shot on the M40, in Warwickshire, last August. Worr...