Overview
- Roughly 1,000 officers managed dense crowds, with access points such as Zülpicher Straße and Heumarkt closed around 11:30 as areas reached capacity.
- Officers checked more than 450 people, issued over 70 dispersal orders, and took 11 largely intoxicated individuals into custody.
- Traffic checks around 230 times identified over 50 intoxicated e‑scooter or car drivers, with 17 blood draws ordered and at least six licenses seized.
- Violence left multiple people injured, including a 17-year-old struck by a bottle and a 23-year-old hospitalized with head injuries, and a policewoman was spat on during an altercation.
- Two realistic-looking pistols were seized with weapons-law cases opened, a woman wearing a real police uniform faces impersonation charges, a 32-year-old was arrested for indecent exposure, and a 58-year-old suffered a life-threatening head injury after a suspected medical emergency.