Halloween night: burning waste containers and attacks on police nationwide
Halloween night saw numerous incidents nationwide involving burning waste containers, attacks on police officers, and illegal pyrotechnics. Police forces in Berlin, Halle, Dresden and Baden-Württemberg recorded hundreds of callouts.
Halloween violence: German police on sustained alert
According to t-online.de, Halloween night saw numerous disturbances and attacks on emergency personnel nationwide. In Berlin, the BVG suspended bus services on several routes following repeated incidents in which passing buses in the Märkisches Viertel were struck with pyrotechnics. In the Neukölln district, unidentified individuals threw a chipboard panel at a police vehicle; no injuries were reported.
Berlin police recorded several incidents involving waste containers. In Huttenstraße, people pushed waste containers and e-scooters onto the roadway and set them alight. Another waste container caught fire in Charlottenburg. In Kreuzberg, pyrotechnics detonated inside a container.
In Halle, members of a group numbering approximately 100 people threw pyrotechnics, stones and glass bottles at police officers. According to police, the group consisted of adolescents and young adults aged between 13 and 20 years; no injuries were reported. In Dresden, ten people were injured by pepper spray at a Halloween party.
In Leinefelde-Worbis in Thuringia, children found metal needles in their collected sweets. Police believe they were deliberately placed. In Baden-Württemberg, the Heilbronn police directorate reported approximately 65 callouts relating to egg-throwing, detonated firecrackers and burning rubbish bins. A spokesperson for Freiburg police directorate described the night as "extremely strenuous" owing to numerous emergency calls concerning minor confrontations and noise disturbances.
In Bavaria, several people sustained minor injuries in confrontations. In Stockheim (Kronach district), unidentified individuals hung a sex doll by a rope from a bridge over federal highway 89, endangering several motorists. Additionally, fireworks were detonated in letterboxes, houses were pelted with eggs and toilet paper, and doors were smeared with fake blood.
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