Overview
- Cologne police say an investigation is underway after footage of the on-stream assault circulated widely online, with no suspects or motive disclosed.
- During the broadcast, the streamer Kunshikitty said she had been hit on the head and stated she would file a police report.
- Video of the incident has drawn millions of views on X, amplifying public attention beyond the local event.
- BILD reported that one projectile may have been a firework, but authorities have not confirmed that detail; coverage indicates she was struck twice.
- The episode occurred ten years after mass New Year’s Eve assaults in Germany that included hundreds of complaints in Cologne.