Overview
- Berlin police detained more than 300 people by about 1 a.m. for dangerous fireworks offenses after surpassing 100 arrests before midnight, with most cases tied to explosives-law violations.
- Authorities reported about 220,000 pyrotechnic items confiscated before and during the night, including professional‑grade F4 devices and Kugelbomben, with raids in Neukölln uncovering roughly 14 kilograms of net explosive mass and a carshare containing 35 Kugelbomben.
- Rockets and bangers were fired at police and medics in several districts such as Neukölln, Moabit and Wedding, leaving multiple officers with minor blast injuries, and a Kugelbombe explosion in Spandau lightly injured one person.
- Roughly 4,300 police and 1,600 firefighters were deployed, and expanded no‑fireworks zones at Alexanderplatz, Kreuzberg, Neukölln and Schöneberg were credited with keeping key hotspots calmer.
- Beyond Berlin, investigators are probing an apartment explosion in Bochum with suspected illegal pyrotechnics production, and a 16‑year‑old in Leipzig lost fingers after trying to re‑light an unapproved böller.