Berlin’s Senator for Culture, Klaus Lederer, spoke out in favor of a ban on selling firecrackers after the attacks on the police and fire brigade on New Year’s Eve. “That would have to be regulated by federal law,” said the left-wing top candidate for the Berlin repeat election on Monday morning on RBB Inforadio. However, he fears that the FDP will “push people’s freedom to the fore” and thus block such an advance. He himself was clear in his position: “What’s the point of this nonsense with the firecrackers? Nobody needs that.”
Lederer sees an expansion of the no-gun zones critically, because many emergency services are needed to enforce it. After all, you can’t multiply your staff on New Year’s Eve, you have to work with what you have. “I actually wish that we use our police officers for what they are there for and not for cat and mouse games in the city,” said Lederer.
On New Year’s Eve, the police and fire brigade were even more busy with a total of almost 4,000 operations than on New Year’s Eve before the pandemic. In numerous cases, emergency services were attacked with firecrackers and rockets. More than 30 police officers and firefighters were injured. There were three no-gun zones throughout the city. (dpa)
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