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Numerous people in North Rhine-Westphalia welcomed the new year with firecrackers and rockets. There were also a large number of fires and injuries.
After two new years with Corona measures, people in North Rhine-Westphalia celebrated New Year’s Eve again without any major restrictions. There was a lot of gunfire – and it was often aggressive.
In the Freisenbruch district Eat Firefighters were attacked trying to put out burning rubbish bins. “From a larger group, the fire brigade colleagues were thrown at with firecrackers,” reports police spokesman Pascal Schwarz-Pettinato.
The attack on the firefighters happened around 1:30 a.m. A group of 50 to 60 people – mostly young people – formed near the scene, from which the firecrackers were thrown at the fire brigade forces. “Only after police officers formed a chain around their colleagues from the fire brigade could the fires be successfully extinguished,” the police said. The suspects fled.
In Katernberg, two people were seriously injured by fireworks. The victims are a 40-year-old man and his eight-year-old daughter. Of the Father suffered severe burns and in mortal danger, the daughter was badly injured. Both were taken to the hospital. According to the police, the man had handled several New Year’s Eve rockets at the same time. They exploded on the ground and caused severe burns.
New Year’s Eve in Bochum: serious facial injuries from firecrackers and rockets
The fire department at Bochum speaks of a “very busy” New Year’s Eve. There were “significantly more injuries from fireworks” than on New Year’s Eve with a ban on firecrackers. The first operation was reported to the control center at midnight: a burning hedge in Wattenscheider Hellweg. Immediately afterwards, rescue workers had to take people with them serious facial injuries with fireworks and firecrackers. There were also several small fires and an apartment fire, so that in some cases all the professional and volunteer fire brigades were on duty.
According to the fire brigade in Bochum alone, between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. there were 47 fire and 37 rescue service operations. In the previous year, on the other hand, there were “only” 54 missions between 8 p.m. and 7 a.m.
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Also in Duisburg firefighters and rescue services were insulted, harassed and thrown at with firecrackers. Fortunately, no one was injured, according to the fire department. In one case, however, the emergency services had to withdraw and could only act under the protection of the police. Ten people were injured by fireworks on New Year’s Eve in Duisburg and taken to hospitals.
Hagen: barricades made of garbage cans, washing machines and bulky waste set on fire
The police in Hochsauerland district went out on a total of 96 missions between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. On New Year’s Eve last year there were only 55 missions. Among other things, be in arnsberg A firecracker thrown at a parked police vehicle destroyed the windshield in such a way that the vehicle was no longer operational.
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Also many citizens in hagen started the new year in high spirits and were out and about in large numbers on the streets of the city. “There was of course also a firecracker, but unfortunately also using illegal pyrotechnics,” said the police. In the Hasperbruch and in Küferstraße, shots were also fired illegally with blank guns.
Shortly before midnight, young people, some of whom were masked, were in Hagen street barricades made of washing machines, rubbish bins and bulky waste, doused it and set it on fire. When the police drove into Alleestrasse in a patrol car, firecrackers were aimed at them. As more vehicles arrived, bottles were thrown. Rockets were later also aimed at an ambulance.
Balve: Resident dies in a house fire on New Year’s Eve
A woman is with one Fire in a residential building in Balve-Beckum lost his life. the 66-year-old resident was in the early New Year’s morning during the extinguishing work found dead, according to the police. The building was already fully engulfed in flames when rescue workers arrived and was in danger of collapsing after the fire. The investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
In Unna is in the night two year old boy been badly injured. His parents were celebrating the turn of the year with him in the area of the masses, when suddenly a “pyrotechnic object” landed in the child’s hood and exploded. The parents immediately drove to a nearby hospital and informed the police. The two-year-old suffered burns on the back of the head and was transferred to an accident clinic with serious injuries. Witnesses are asked to contact the Unna police station on 02303 9213120 with information.
Woman killed in knife attack in Düsseldorf apartment
The police in Dusseldorf moved out on New Year’s Eve, according to a spokesman, to operations with “various rioters and people hitting each other”. The operations were spread across the entire city area. According to a dpa reporter, Düsseldorf’s old town was “crammed full”.
One woman is in an argument in an apartment on New Year’s Eve killed in Dusseldorf been. A 33-year-old man is said to have entered for reasons that have not yet been clarified knife have used against the woman, as a police spokesman said. He was not able to provide any information on the exact course of events. The victim died at the scene of the crime in the Vennhausen district.
Major fire in Düsseldorf building materials trade – paper rolls in flames
At a Big fire in the warehouse of a Düsseldorf building materials store, paper rolls burst into flames early on Sunday morning. According to a spokesman, the fire brigade was on site with numerous emergency services. According to the police, there were no injuries. The building materials trade is located in an industrial area in the south of Düsseldorf. The cause of the fire was initially unclear. According to their spokesman, the fire brigade had to deploy to numerous operations throughout the city on New Year’s Eve.
In an accident involving fireworks, a man in Julich in the district of Düren on New Year’s Eve lost two fingers. According to the police, the 27-year-old had glued several approved firecrackers together. When ignited, the homemade bundle exploded in the man’s hand.
New Year’s Eve: More police forces on duty
In Cologne According to a spokeswoman, the police were on duty on New Year’s Eve with hundreds of forces “at different hotspots”. With increasing alcohol consumption, firecrackers were also fired in the direction of people, said a police spokeswoman. In addition, as the alcohol level increased, there were also minor arguments and bullying.
As usual on New Year’s Eve, were more police officers than usual on duty. In some large cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, no firecracker zones had been set up for security reasons on New Year’s Eve. In Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bielefeld and Dortmund, for example, fireworks could only be set off outside the restricted zones at the turn of the year. (with dpa)
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