On New Year’s Eve, fireworks and firecrackers went off in the center of Berlin. According to a report by Germany's "Bild" on the 1st, about 500 people had a "war" with firecrackers and fireworks near the Poseidon Fountain in Berlin's Alexanderplatz on New Year's Eve. Berlin police arrested hundreds of people that night.
reported that Berlin police began setting up roadblocks in areas where setting off firecrackers and fireworks was prohibited early that day. At the beginning of New Year's Eve, more than 1,000 people gathered around Alexanderplatz, and the atmosphere was basically calm. As midnight approached, young people began to set off firecrackers and fireworks, and the crowd began to attack each other with firecrackers and fireworks, which soon turned into a battle involving more than 500 people. According to an eyewitness, after the fireworks war broke out, about 100 police officers rushed to the scene to disperse the crowd and asked the young people present one by one whether they were carrying fireworks. People involved in the fireworks fight quickly fled.
The police later issued a statement on the social platform x, saying that within hours, the Berlin police temporarily arrested more than 100 people for setting off dangerous firecrackers and other illegal acts. The police were also attacked by about 200 people with firecrackers and fireworks. Fortunately, no police officers were injured. "Der Spiegel" magazine said on the 1st that a total of more than 200 people were arrested in Berlin on New Year's Eve for setting off dangerous firecrackers and other illegal activities. (Aoki) ▲
