Chaos and violence: New Year's Eve in Berlin ends with 1892 missions!

Chaos and violence: New Year's Eve in Berlin ends with 1892 missions!

Prenzlauer Allee Ecke Danziger Straße, 10405 Berlin, Deutschland - The New Year's Eve 2024/2025 in Berlin was a shocking spectacle of chaos and violence that the Berlin fire brigade and police presented with enormous challenges. In the night of December 31st to January 1st, a total of 1,892 missions were recorded - 294 more than in the previous year. Residential buildings were particularly affected, where fires and emergency services were increasingly necessary to save endangered people. This special situation led to the proclamation of the "emergency state of New Year's Eve", which resulted in massive strengthening of the emergency services, including over 1,500 firefighters and numerous volunteers. Fortunately, the rescue workers, despite 13 documented attacks, remained unharmed, such as Fireworld.at reported.

grim record of outbreaks of violence

The night was not only shaped by fires. There were serious riots, including 390 arrests and 16 injured police officers who were attacked during the operations. A particularly dramatic situation occurred in Prenzlauer Allee, where a policeman was seriously injured by a presumably illegal fireworks and had to be operated on immediately. Another terrifying incident was the massive increase in injuries from self-made explosives, which led to 10 emergency operations in the accident hospital. A total of over 35 patients with serious Böller injuries were treated, including children. The hospital already reported a tense situation at 1 a.m., and the number of injuries rose continuously, as berliner-kurier.de reported.

The knowledge from this night draws a picture of violence and unnecessary aggression, which goes far beyond what should be a festive New Year's Eve. The police did everything possible to de -escalate the situation, but it was not without escalating incidents and violent attacks. It is clear that New Year's Eve 2024/2025 in Berlin was anything but peaceful.