New Year's Eve in Germany: 17-year-old dies from fireworks - Berlin police harvest Shitstorm
Created: 2023-01-02 04:47
By: Stella Henrich, Jennifer Lanzinger
New Year's items lie on a decorated table.
(Iconic image) © Friso Gentsch/dpa
Numerous accidents were registered in Germany on New Year's Eve.
A 17-year-old died when using pyrotechnics, two men were severed limbs.
New Year's Eve in Germany:
Berlin police draw a bitter balance with firecrackers - the police union calls for a far-reaching ban on firecrackers
New Year's Eve in Baden-Württemberg:
a drunk driver crashes into an ambulance - two paramedics are seriously injured
New Year's Eve in Saxony-Anhalt:
Man blows his hand completely away when igniting a firecracker and loses his left eyesight
New Year's Eve in Berlin
- Berlin police forces attacked and shot at with fireworks.
New Year's Eve in Saxony and Thuringia:
17-year-old man in Leipzig was seriously injured by pyrotechnics and later died in hospital - 42-year-old man from Gotha district had both forearms amputated - he handled firecrackers from the Internet
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New Year's Eve in Germany is updated regularly.
Update from January 1st, 6.40 p.m .:
In Hamburg, the police and fire brigade had expected more hustle and bustle.
With around 1,200 police operations, the number rose again compared to New Year's Eve 2021/2022, but did not reach the level of the pre-pandemic period.
Several people had to be treated in an emergency or in the hospital, including a three-year-old girl from Uhlenhorst with burns on her chest and a four-year-old boy from Bergedorf with injuries to his hand.
A 36-year-old blew off the index and middle fingers of his right hand with a firecracker in Schnelsen.
An 11-year-old girl suffered a lacerated head after an unidentified person threw pyrotechnics into a crowd in Iserbrook.
New Year's Eve in Germany: Berlin police draw bitter firecracker balance
Update from January 1, 6:05 p.m .:
Bitter firecracker balance on New Year’s Eve – the Berlin police reported massive attacks on emergency and rescue workers on New Year’s Eve.
The fire brigade and police counted a total of 33 injured emergency services in the capital.
The fire brigade was surprised "by the mass and intensity of the attacks on our emergency services".
Among other things, beer crates and fire extinguishers were thrown at vehicles, rescuers were shot at with pyrotechnics while extinguishing and emergency vehicles were looted.
"There is no justification for this behavior and I can only condemn it in the strongest possible terms," said state fire director Karsten Homrighausen.
New Year's Eve in Germany: After attacks on police officers in Berlin - the police union wants a ban on firecrackers
According to a report by
t-online
, 15 firefighters were injured during operations in Berlin on New Year's Eve, and even experienced firefighters are said to have been shocked.
As a reaction to the attacks, the police union (GdP) in Berlin is now demanding that a far-reaching ban on firecrackers be taken seriously.
"We have seen across Germany that pyrotechnics are being used specifically as a weapon against people," criticized GdP country head Stephan Weh.
That must come to an end.
However, a ban is only realistic if it is not discussed again until December.
A sales ban is needed for everyone who does not work professionally with pyrotechnics.
In the preliminary balance sheet at the turn of the year, the Berlin police recorded 103 arrests.
It is not only determined because of attacks on law enforcement officers, but also because of arson, violations of the explosives law or breach of the peace.
New Year's Eve in Germany: Berlin police catch Shitstorm because of a Twitter post
Update from January 1, 5:50 p.m .:
Berlin police caught themselves with a post on Twitter Shitstorm and then had to apologize for the tweet.
First, the officials wrote at 1:55 a.m.:
“A man pulled a woman into a hallway in Friedrichshain and touched her bottom and breasts.
It turned out that it was not inconvenient for her
.” When the police officers arrived, the possible attempted rape apparently turned out to be a consensual flirtation.
The problem with this: the wording.
Users speak of "tasteless", with the demand "delete it" to the question "can he speak German?", which meant the official.
The Berlin police then apologized for the misleading tweet.
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The Berlin police tweeted live about their operations on New Year's Eve.
For example, that three children fled to a neighbor on New Year's Eve because their parents had a loud argument.
He then let the children in and then dialed the emergency call.
In Moabit, officers had to rescue parents from a balcony after their three-year-old locked them out.
In Köpenick, a woman alerted the Berlin police because she had not seen her neighbor for a long time.
The emergency services opened the door.
The man was already dead.
Silverster in Germany: head-on collision with a drunk with an ambulance
Update from January 1, 3:45 p.m .:
In the head-on collision of a drunk driver with an ambulance in the district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg, there was property damage of 260,000 euros.
The 45-year-old driver and the 21-year-old passenger of the ambulance were seriously injured in the crash;
both were cut out of the totally destroyed vehicle.
The driver of the oncoming vehicle, who was under the influence of alcohol, entered the oncoming lane in a right-hand bend and suffered minor injuries.
During the recording of the accident, the B 312 was closed in both directions.
New Year's Eve in Germany: a drunk seriously injured two paramedics in an accident
Update from January 1, 10:40 a.m .:
Drunk and without a valid driver’s license, a driver crashed into an ambulance on New Year’s Eve in Baden-Württemberg.
Both paramedics were cut out of the vehicle with serious injuries.
New Year's Eve in Germany: the man "blew his left hand completely away"
In Saxony-Anhalt, too, emergency services responded to numerous incidents.
A man from Weißenfels sustained serious injuries when a firecracker was set off on New Year's Eve.
He "blew off his left hand completely, there was nothing left to save," said the senior physician of the special clinic for hand surgery and burn injuries of the BG Klinikum Bergmannstrost, Cord Corterier, the German Press Agency on Sunday.
He was also injured in his right hand and lost his left sight.
Around 15 people were treated in hand surgery on Sunday night.
They operated on people all night long, Corterier said.
Due to the ban on selling firecrackers and the like in the wake of the corona pandemic, there have been significantly fewer injuries on New Year's Eve in the past two years.
"This year started out as bad as before."
Because the ball bomb detonated too early, an 18-year-old blew himself up on New Year's Eve.
The young man died, three other people were injured.
New Year's Eve in Germany: 17-year-old dies from fireworks - firecrackers cut off two men's limbs
Original notification from January 1, 2023:
Munich/Berlin – For the first time since 2019, numerous people in Germany celebrated New Year's Eve without restrictions caused by the pandemic.
At least in Berlin, this led to "significantly" more missions than in the past two years.
Bad accidents occurred in several cities, in Berlin emergency services were attacked and fireworks were fired at them.
New Year's Eve in Germany: Police in Germany take preliminary stock
The police in Germany drew a mixed balance on Sunday night.
For example, while the police headquarters in southern Hesse ended the first half of New Year's Eve "without any major anomalies", the Berlin police reported "significantly" more operations than in the past two years.
Numerous operations on New Year's Eve in Berlin - fireworks fired at firefighters
According to a spokesman for the Berlin police, the return of permitted pyrotechnics on New Year's Eve in the capital was noticeable.
The Berlin police wrote extensively about the operations in the online service Twitter.
Accordingly, in several parts of the city, vehicles and buildings as well as people were shot at with fireworks.
The Berlin fire brigade wrote on Twitter that a fire engine was massively damaged by the "fire from pyrotechnics".
The control center is staffed with 70 employees.
The fire brigade announced that 674 emergency calls had already been received by midnight.
As the police in the capital wrote in the short message service Twitter on Sunday night, police officers and firefighters were "massively attacked with firecrackers" when extinguishing a burning car.
"We are now securing firefighting with additional emergency services." In the Tempelhof district, pyrotechnics and a fire extinguisher were thrown at a bus.
The front windshield was destroyed.
According to the police, 60 to 80 people tried to light a vehicle with fireworks in the Lichtenrade district.
Also in the capital, the windows of a shop were "blown away".
"Our colleagues came quickly and were then literally shot at," the police tweeted.
An officer suffered injuries.
In Mitte, a woman was injured in the neck by a firecracker.
The police also reported operations in connection with fireworks from other parts of the city: "Idiots shoot pyro at passers-by in #Moabit."
New Year's Eve in Germany: Man seriously injured by firecrackers - Böller hits his face
The Saxony police spoke of "smaller fires due to misdirected pyrotechnics".
A 17-year-old was seriously injured in Leipzig on New Year's Eve when using pyrotechnics and later died in the hospital.
Third-party fault is currently excluded, the police said on Sunday morning.
No further information on the case could be given at this time.
According to the police headquarters in southern Hesse, the number of operations due to "rioters, fights and other disputes" was "on the usual 'weekend level'" until midnight.
The Rhineland-Palatinate police reported burning garbage cans in Worms and a fire in a garden shed in Linz am Rhein.
In Baden-Württemberg, a man was seriously injured by a self-ignited firecracker.
The 39-year-old had to be taken to a special clinic by helicopter after the accident in Hohberg, a police spokesman said early Saturday morning.
Accordingly, the firecracker hit his right side of the face.
Firecrackers tear off two men's limbs
In Thuringia, two men suffered serious injuries from exploding fireworks on New Year's Eve.
In Friemar in the Gotha district, a 42-year-old was so badly injured when handling firecrackers ordered from the Internet that both forearms had to be amputated, as a police spokesman said early Sunday morning.
In Schleiz-Crispendorf in the Saale-Orla district, a 21-year-old lost his hand in an accident involving an explosive device.
The illegal ball bomb exploded as soon as it was ignited, the spokesman said.
Despite the serious injuries, the men are not in mortal danger.
New Year's Eve in Germany: Man lights fireworks and is run over by a car
When lighting fireworks on the street, a pedestrian in Saxony-Anhalt was hit by a car and fatally injured.
The 42-year-old was thrown several meters across the road by the force of the impact early Sunday morning, the police said.
He died at the scene of the accident in Schönebeck (Elbe) in the Salzland district.
The 61-year-old driver fled after the accident and initially parked his car on a side street.
A witness followed him in his own car and, according to police, was able to persuade him to turn back.
After that, the 61-year-old had a breath alcohol level of 1.86 per mille.
A blood sample and driver's license were taken from him.
In Regensburg, on New Year's Eve, the fire brigade is deployed on a large scale.
Several vehicles are on fire here.
