Berlin police said on Monday that they detained around 390 people overnight on New Year’s Eve in the German capital and have so far tallied just over 700 potential criminal investigations.
Police spokeswoman Anja Dierschke said that 54 officers were injured, 30 of them by fireworks, after 4,500 police from the capital and other states deployed in a major operation launched because of more widespread unrest than usual last year. Only eight of them were unable to finish their shifts though, she said.
Gangs attack bus drivers in Berlin on New Year’s Eve pic.twitter.com/FahQh2uDVk
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 1, 2024
Berlin is like London a white minority city. On New Years Eve in the Mitte district mainly Turkish & Arab men assemble.
No women or native Germans can be seen. pic.twitter.com/e9bSgKhhqr
— David Atherton (@DaveAtherton20) January 1, 2024
