New Year's Eve in Germany: attacks on police, almost 300 detainees in Berlin, accidents in Bavaria and Saxony
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During the New Year's Eve celebrations in Berlin, there were about 300 arrests amid tensions and aggressive use of fireworks; numerous injuries caused by fireworks were reported.
The celebration of the New Year in Germany was generally calmer compared to previous events, DPA reports. But in Berlin, the New Year's Eve was particularly tense this was particularly tense this time - due to aggressive firecracker throwing and shooting, law enforcement services of the German capital made hundreds of preliminary arrests, reports UNN.
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To prevent the riots that took place last year, almost 5000 police officers were on duty in the capital. police officers were on duty in the capital. The day before, Mayor Kai Wegner said that the police would take harsh measures in the event of mass unrest. As a result, the usual celebration was interspersed with episodes of disorder, which consisted mainly of dangerous misuse of fireworks. fireworks. In addition, on several occasions the police had to react quickly to disperse the crowd or deal with increasing aggression.
According to the Berlin police. police, more than 300 preliminary arrests were made during the holiday night, related to the dangerous handling of pyrotechnics, aggressive use of firecrackers. There have also been reports of individual cases of blank shots and throwing and police officers, and it is noted that due to such at least 15 police officers were injured while on duty.
Berlin's Unfallkrankenhaus (UKB) hospital, which specializes in accidental injuries, reported that more than two dozen people were seriously injured by fireworks during New Year's Eve celebrations in the German capital.
Among these cases, reportedly a 40-year-old man who lost an arm to an illegal flare flare in the Kaulsdorf neighborhood. Immediately after ignition, the rocket exploded in his hand.
Medical care for most cases of injuries was provided at the UKB hospital in Marzan. In some cases, there were "dramatic amputation injuries," according to German media.
Abuse of fireworks fireworks has led to serious accidents in other German states, some of them fatal, such as in Bavaria, where an 18-year-old teenager died from injuries caused by fireworks.
The police also informed about the death of a 22-year-old man in Boxberg in eastern Saxony as a result of the explosion of a banned balloon bomb: he died at the scene despite rescue attempts, a Gerlitz police spokesman said on Monday.
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Also, fire officials reported numerous fires that were able to be extinguished.
High security measures were put in place at Cologne Cathedral after warnings of a possible terrorist attack, but police said the situation there was also largely peaceful.
Recall
Haarlem, Netherlands, a man was killed in a fireworks explosion on New Year's Eve; 18 other people were injured in separate people were injured in separate incidents.
