Germany: Two people died and hundreds were arrested as a result of New Year’s Eve disturbances
Cities witnessed Several disorders included, in particular, the death of two people as a result of launching firecrackers and police intervention thousands of times in different areas, in addition to the arrest of hundreds following attacks targeting security forces.
In Berlin, police sources confirmed the arrest of about 430 suspects after attacks targeting their forces, and reported that 35 policemen were injured.
Major attacks
The local police reported on Thursday that there had been "Occasional major attacks" Against the intervention and rescue forces, it included shooting and throwing fireworks, which resulted in two police officers being transported to the hospital.
There were also reports of separate incidents targeting the intervention forces in other cities, including Hamburg, where 10 police officers were injured, and an unspecified number of people were subjected to investigation or placed in detention.
New Year’s Eve
In Berlin alone, the police deployed about 3,200 additional personnel. Based on the experiences of previous years, it also deployed about a thousand additional members in Hamburg.
In North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state in the country, the police recorded 30 attacks on its members during about 4,000 security operations overnight., according to what the district police reported.
Groups of vandals
In Leipzig, in the state of Saxony, groups of vandals launched mass attacks on security forces in several neighborhoods using fireworks, stones and bottles filled with paint, according to what the police reported.
The police union called for those responsible for the New Year’s Eve crimes to be quickly tried. Union representative Andreas Roskov told the Bild daily newspaper that attacks on intervention forces were being prepared "Serious attacks on the rule of law"
Handmade firecrackers
In Bielefeld in western Germany, two 18-year-old young men died on New Year’s Eve after using handmade firecrackers, according to what the police announced.
The local police reported that the two young men "They set off handmade fireworks randomly in different locations" and"They suffered fatal facial injuries"
A number of people were seriously injured during the night in Berlin while using fireworks, and more than 30 people received treatment at the Berlin Accident Hospital.
Hospital spokeswoman Angela Kievski told Agence France-Presse that medical teams had to amputate fingers or parts of the hands of some of the injured.
Others suffered burns and injuries to the face and eyes.
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