Overview
- Duisburg police confirmed a 14-year-old suffered a severe hand injury after a pyrotechnic device detonated in Aldenrade, with some outlets reporting the hand was blown off, which remains unconfirmed by police.
- Duisburg logged 163 Halloween-linked deployments, checking about 280 people, searching 29 vehicles and issuing 76 dispersal orders.
- Authorities in Duisburg used mobile video observation at Pauluskirche with live monitoring, flew a drone over Wanheimerstraße and the transit operator deployed additional security staff.
- Officers intervened against groups lighting or throwing illegal fireworks, including an object thrown at a patrol car, seized pyrotechnics, opened criminal proceedings and searched a home by court warrant after a 14-year-old was found carrying credit card blanks.
- In Düsseldorf’s Old Town police reported an unusually aggressive mood, handling 102 incidents, filing 22 criminal reports and holding ten people in custody after extensive nighttime operations.