Overview
- Berlin officers detained two boys, 13 and 14, in the Märkisches Viertel and LKA specialists secured a suspected homemade explosive that experts said could cause severe injuries.
- Police in Berlin fielded an additional 850 officers to patrol known hotspots, while several cars burned in the Märkisches Viertel and investigators are reviewing any link to Halloween.
- Duisburg deployed large numbers of officers in Hochfeld, flew a drone over Wanheimer Straße, and ran live video observation near the Pauluskirche with privacy safeguards and 14‑day data deletion.
- Essen reported a largely calm evening with a few small fires and dispersal orders for youths lighting fireworks, supported by a mobile video unit in the Hörsterfeld estate.
- Austrian police in Tirol increased staffing, stepped up patrols of transit and hotspots, and warned that so‑called Halloween pranks can constitute crimes, with strict enforcement of pyrotechnics laws.