Lots of light and lots of shadows right at the beginning of the year!
For the first time since the beginning of the corona pandemic, the turn of the year was celebrated again at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Millions of people in Germany toasted to welcome 2023. In Hamburg, several thousand people watched the New Year’s fireworks at the Landungsbrücken.
Unfortunately, the New Year’s Eve celebrations were not always peaceful. Across the country, emergency services had a lot to do. There were sometimes serious accidents on the roads, fires had to be extinguished and many injured people had to be treated. A woman was killed in Düsseldorf in the evening.
BILD observed the events of New Year’s Eve for you and edited them for you in the ticker.
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01/01/2023 – 09:00 am
A man in Hanover is seriously injured in a firecracker
Around 12:30 a.m., a man (46) was seriously injured in Hanover (Lower Saxony). The father of the family had put a firecracker in a metal socket and lit it. The force of the explosion blasted pieces of metal from the case and threw them around. This injured the man so badly that he had to be operated on in a hospital. His wife and the man’s nine-year-old son were not injured in the explosion.
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01/01/2023 – 08:42 am
Heavily pregnant woman gets an escort to the delivery room
A couple from Deggendorf (Bavaria) can tell a great New Year’s story: the heavily pregnant woman and her husband were on their way to the delivery room, driving through a pedestrian zone with their hazard lights on. Police officers saw the whole thing and stopped them. After a brief explanation, they were given a police escort to the clinic.
During the night, the new father thanked the officials: Mother and child are doing well! They had made it just in time.
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01/01/2023 – 07:20 am
17-year-old dies at fireworks in Leipzig
In Leipzig, a 17-year-old was so badly injured when using pyrotechnics that he later died in hospital. The police ruled out third-party fault, but initially could not provide any further information on the incident.
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01/01/2023 – 05:00
Two men injured in stabbing in Hamburg
At 3:05 a.m. there was a dispute between ten men in the Barmbek district of Hamburg. Two of them were stabbed and taken to a hospital.
Krass: One of the perpetrators fled in a car, one went to a pub and celebrated a New Year’s Eve party, where he and another suspect were arrested.
Because a crime knife may have been hidden in a mailbox, the officers are checking the container. The background to the fact is still unclear.
The police were looking for clues at the crime scene
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01/01/2023 – 04:05 am
Two men lose limbs in explosions
In Thuringia, two men were badly injured by fireworks on New Year’s Eve. In Friemar, a 42-year-old was so badly injured while handling firecrackers ordered online that both forearms had to be amputated.
In Schleiz-Crispendorf, 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, a police spokesman said.
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1/1/2023 – 3:54 am
Police in Leipzig pelted with bottles
According to the police, there were relatively small riots in the Connewitz district of Leipzig. Bottles and pyrotechnics were thrown at the officers, and several service vehicles were damaged. At first there were no injuries.
The police had already deployed increased forces on Saturday evening to nip possible riots in the bud. There had been serious riots three years ago in the left alternative district of Connewitz.
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1/1/2023 – 3:33 am
Fire damages dozens of cars in Erfurt
Not a good start to the new year…
40 cars were damaged in a fire in a parking garage on the outskirts of Erfurt on New Year’s Eve. The police said that night.
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01/01/2023 – 03:11 am
Police must protect firefighters from attacks
It is unbelievable!
In the Freisenbruch district of Essen, the police had to protect their fire brigade colleagues against aggressive attacks. Trash cans and an e-scooter had burned there. Officers wore helmets and formed police lines to help put out the fires.
Several police cars moved out to protect the firefighters from the chaos
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01/01/2023 – 02:44 am
Man and girl (8) injured by fireworks
In Essen Katernberg, an 8-year-old girl and an adult man were injured by fireworks, according to the police. The man was carried out of a house by rescue workers and taken to the hospital by the ambulance. The little girl was also treated by paramedics and taken to the hospital. The police are investigating.
Paramedics took the injured to the hospital
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01/01/2023 – 02:30 am
Hamburg: Man throws a bus window with a beer bottle
In Hamburg-Harburg, around 11:40 p.m., two groups of around 20 people each shot fireworks at each other. Police operation!
The situation escalated when a suspect threw a beer bottle at a bus. The pane splintered and shattered. Firecrackers were also thrown at the police. A suspect has been arrested.
