In Germany there was one death and several injured in fireworks explosions on New Year’s Eve. In Hennef near Bonn two men left their ten-person party group shortly after midnight. Suddenly there was a very loud bang and the two were seriously injured on the ground. A 37-year-old died at the scene of the accident despite attempts to resuscitate, a 39-year-old was critically injured.
A police spokesman suspected early Saturday morning that the fireworks could have been a self-made firecrackers. The criminal police started the investigation.
Twelve injured in Berlin
At a private New Year’s Eve party in east Berlin, twelve people were injured in the explosion of illegal fireworks. All injured people had to be taken to clinics for treatment, the fire brigade announced on New Year’s morning. Fortunately, there were no very serious injuries. After initial investigations, the police assume that illegal pyrotechnics were ignited at the celebration in the Friedrichshagen district. There is no other way to explain the number and severity of the injuries, said a spokesman. According to the fire brigade, the youngest injured is an eleven-year-old boy, the other injured are adolescents and adults.
There was also a fatality on New Year’s Eve in Austria. A young man got too close to a bullet bomb because he thought it hadn’t gone off. But this then exploded and fatally injured the 23-year-old. A 21-year-old suffered serious injuries.