Berlin’s New Year’s Eve mob was not an isolated case
The brutal firecracker record of Germany
Violent riots broke out in many German cities on New Year’s Eve. Above all, the attacks on law enforcement officers and rescue workers shocked citizens and politicians.
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On New Year’s Eve, civil war-like scenes take place in the German capital. But not only in Berlin (picture) does it burn at the turn of the year. Hamburg, Hanover, Leipzig, Munich and some cities in North Rhine-Westphalia also report riots.
Myrtle MuellerOutside Reporter News
Burning cars and dumpsters. Shots fired at ambulances and rescue workers. Firecracker attacks also against police officers and firefighters. The civil war-like scenes were not only in Berlin on New Year’s Eve. Only days after the turn of the year did the full extent of the riots become visible. Brutal incidents are reported everywhere in Germany. The violent nature of the mostly young rioters, including many with a migration background, was also evident in Hamburg, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia, Bavaria and Saxony.
In the Hausbruch district of Hamburg, around 20 people attacked three buses on New Year’s Eve. They shoot pyrotechnics at the passengers and blind them with laser pointers. A perpetrator threatened the bus driver with a pistol. slices burst. A bus driver suffers eye injuries. In two other parts of the city, the fire brigade, emergency doctor and paramedics are fired at with firecrackers. A firefighter is hospitalized with burns. Orgies of violence also in Hanover. There is a knife fight in front of a nightclub. When the police intervene, the officers are attacked. There are several injured.
Garbage containers and hedges are already on fire at noon
North Rhine-Westphalia also recorded an increase in violence compared to the previous year. A total of 556 physical injuries are registered, including 42 police officers. 6000 police officers are on New Year’s Eve. There are 233 arrests. Bonn is particularly affected. The number of attacks there has doubled, reports the State Office for Police Services NRW (LZPD). An example: The fire brigade moves out to a burning garbage container and is pelted with pyrotechnics and stones by around 40 masked people. But there are also fires in many places in Duisburg. The police had to intervene 470 times. In the district of Hochheide, the emergency services are thrown at with firecrackers, stones and gas bottles.
While things remain rather quiet in Frankfurt and Stuttgart, for example, the police and fire brigade in Leipzig and Munich had their hands full. In the Saxon trade fair city, rioters set off fireworks near people and cars and set off fires. The balance sheet of the Bavarian state capital is also shocking: 34 physical injuries, more than 50 missions due to pyrotechnics and 41 in connection with fires – despite the ban on alcohol and the prohibited sale of rockets, there are a total of 200 missions. According to a report by the Munich police, garbage cans, hedges and newspaper racks began to burn as early as midday on December 31st.