Dozens were injured and police arrested 100 people.
The arrival of the New Year in Germany was tragic, as dozens of police and firefighters were attacked with torches, resulting in dozens of arrests.
This year, Germans are reviving the tradition of New Year's Eve fireworks, banned for the past two years to discourage large festive gatherings due to the coronavirus.
The arrival of the New Year in Germany was tragic, as dozens of police and firefighters were attacked with torches, resulting in dozens of arrests.
This year, Germans are back in the tradition of New Year's Eve fireworks, banned for the past two years to discourage large festive gatherings due to Covid-19. But the celebrations were accompanied by attacks. And the German press agency reported that firefighters counted 38 accidents in Berlin, in which 15 firefighters were injured and 18 police officers were injured.
"The scale of the will to use violence and destruction [...] is harming our city," said Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffe, who announced the extension of the areas in which the fires fireworks are prohibited.
"The perpetrators must now feel the legal consequences," said Home Secretary Nancy Fazer, who thanked police for arresting 100 suspects, who suffered broken right legs and arms.
A 56-year-old German tourist, who was visiting the sea caves of Peyia, Cyprus, fell from a height of seven meters into the sea, trying to take pictures, which injured her.
In particular, according to the press spokesperson of ADE Paphos and the president of TAE Paphos, Michalis Nikolaou, on January 1, 2023 at 15:00, information was received that a woman had fallen into the sea in the area of the sea caves of Pegeia. Then the police went to the scene and discovered that a 56-year-old German woman with her husband, while trying to take photos and walking backwards to get a better photo, had fallen from a height of seven meters. at sea and was injured.