Around 390 people were detained during festivities on Berlin streets on New Year's Eve, many due to dangerous use of fireworks that also caused harm to several police officers, according to the Berlin police on Monday. A total of 54 police officers were injured, 30 of them by pyrotechnics. Eight of the injured police officers were unable to continue their duties, police spokeswoman Anja Dierschke said. In all, 720 investigations have been launched had been opened into incidents throughout the ci
Around 390 people were detained during festivities on the streets of the German capital Berlin on New Year's Eve, many due to dangerous use of fireworks that injured several police officers, the city's police said on Monday in what officials deemed a success. A total of 54 police officers were injured, 30 of them by pyrotechnics. Eight of the injured police officers were unable to continue their duties, police spokeswoman Anja Dierschke said. However both the mayor and police said that despite w