Arson, vandalism and many injured - this is the balance of New Year's Eve in Berlin and several German cities. Vandalism was especially high in neighborhoods inhabited by migrants and in the center of the extreme left. Rampant "celebrators" also fired rockets at ambulances, police and firefighters.
In Berlin, vehicles, buildings and passers-by were shot with pyrotechnic devices on New Year's Eve. The police and firefighters were also "under fire". Police, ambulances and firefighters were also injured by fireworks during the operations, Die Welt wrote. In several parts of the city, fireworks were deliberately fired at vehicles and buildings, as well as people.
Amazing conditions in Berlin. Source: dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP/Paul Zinken
In the Tempelhof district, a bus was thrown with pyrotechnic devices and a fire extinguisher. The windshield is broken. In the Lichtenrade district, according to the police, 60 to 80 people tried to set fire to a vehicle with fireworks.
The Berlin Fire Department responded to more than 1,700 calls, nearly 700 more than a year ago. This is according to the New Year's morning preliminary balance. According to the report, 22 people were injured by firecrackers and rockets.
In 38 cases, emergency services were attacked and 15 were injured.
One of the injured paramedics had to be taken to the hospital. "There is no justification for this behavior and I can only condemn it in the strongest terms," said fire chief Karsten Homrighausen.
In Neukölln, which is mostly inhabited by migrants, they shot at the police with stun guns.
Also in the capital, the window of a store was "blown up". "Our colleagues arrived quickly and then literally took them under fire," police tweeted. One police officer was injured. In Mitte, a woman was injured in the neck by a firecracker. Police also reported fireworks-related incidents in other parts of the city.
There were major riots in Düsseldorf, with clashes all over the city in addition to the crowded old town.
Firefighters are putting out a warehouse that was set on fire in Düsseldorf. Source: dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP/Thomas Banneyer
On New Year's Eve, the Cologne police marched with hundreds of people to various locations. Similar to New Year's Eve 2015, migrants attacked young women and sexually assaulted them.
The most serious riots were in the Connewitz district of Leipzig. Source: dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP/Sebastian Willnow
In the Connewitz district of Leipzig, masked people set fires and attacked the police. Connewitz is one of the most important German centers for the aggressive far left and antifa.
There were plenty of police officers on duty
Around 1,100 police officers were on duty in Berlin on New Year's Eve. The city could not ask for reinforcements from other federal states because the police throughout Germany were under severe pressure during this period. In 2022, there were 8,400 violent acts against the police, in 2021 this number was around 5,200, during which 475 people were injured.
Source: origo.hu
In our opening picture: Several people were injured in Berlin Source: dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP/Paul Zinken
