According to the newest police studies, 41 officers have been injured throughout assaults on New Year’s Eve in Berlin.
A police spokesperson couldn’t give any data on the severity of the accidents on Monday night. There have been 159 arrests in reference to the incidents, the spokesperson stated. Most of them have been younger males or youths, he stated.
Investigations are below manner not just for assaults on regulation enforcement officers, but additionally for arson, violations of the Explosives Act and breach of the peace.
According to the hearth brigade, at the least 38 incidents of assault have been documented. According to data from Sunday, 15 individuals have been injured.
According to the police, nearly 1,300 extra officers have been deployed across the flip of the yr. The depth of the assaults couldn’t be in comparison with earlier years, the police stated on Sunday within the preliminary steadiness sheet for the brand new yr celebrations.
According to the police, teams of individuals tried to erect barricades on the streets a number of occasions.
The Berlin police union stated earlier Monday that the general public use of pyrotechnics confirmed {that a} far-reaching ban on firecrackers was wanted.
Earlier firefighting union staff referred to as for autos to be outfitted with dashcams to report occasions after Berlin firefighters got here below renewed assault with fireworks whereas responding to 1,700 calls on the flip of the yr.
These small cameras, sometimes mounted behind the windscreen, would make it simpler to doc any such assaults, the Berlin-Brandenburg Firefighters’ Union stated on Monday.
The union stated at the least one emergency employee was despatched to hospital on a very delicate New Year’s Eve, a yr after fireworks have been banned below Covid-19 restrictions.
Among different issues, beer crates and hearth extinguishers have been thrown at emergency autos, rescuers have been shot at with fireworks, and autos have been looted.
Union officers additionally pointed to physique cams, that are presently being trialled to be used to movie tense conditions.
“It is unimaginable what our emergency forces had to experience on this New Year’s Eve,” union official Lars Wieg stated.
The hearth brigade reported it was properly ready for this yr’s celebrations, nevertheless it was stunned by “the number and intensity of attacks on our emergency services.”
As typical, the fireplace brigade declared a precautionary New Year’s Eve state of emergency with the intention to enhance command providers and personnel for its busiest night time of the yr.
