Overview
- Across multiple cities, forces increased staffing, flew drones and expanded video observation, and an initial dpa survey found the night largely peaceful without major nationwide incidents.
- In Berlin, roughly 850 officers were deployed as LKA specialists secured a suspected self-built explosive from a 14-year-old and police reported car fires in the Märkisches Viertel.
- State security is investigating in Drolshagen (NRW) after an illicit firework was thrown into a refugee accommodation, with five suspects aged 14 to 19 under review and no injuries reported.
- In Mittelfranken, police opened an inquiry after a mother found a two-centimeter nail in a chocolate treat gathered by her 12-year-old, with both intentional tampering and a production defect being examined.
- Tirol police responded to violent altercations at Halloween events, including a bottle attack that hospitalized a 22-year-old in Reutte and a disorderly party in Alpbach that the organizer ended early after multiple assaults.