A total of 363 people were injured by fireworks in Berlin during New Year celebrations, fuelling the debate about a possible ban on the pyrotechnics in Germany. Of those injured, 52 were hospitalised, ...

Police in Berlin have arrested a 17-year-old suspect in a fireworks explosion over the New Year's holiday that left a child ...

Five people have been killed and dozens of emergency workers are injured as firework chaos overshadowed New Year’s Eve celebrations in Germany.

Five people died across Germany in accidents linked to legal and illegal fireworks in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Police officers stand guard in the streets after fireworks for the New Year’s celebrations in Berlin ...

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Police officers put out the fire in the streets after the fireworks for the New Year's celebrations in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 (AFP photo) BERLIN — Almost 1.5 million Germans backed a ...

German officials have called for restrictions on illegal fireworks as well as harsher sentences for rioters attacking emergency workers after five people were killed, and dozens of civilians and ...

Jan. 1 (UPI) --A largely peaceful New Year's Eve turned chaotic as fireworks killed five in several incidents across Germany, where hundreds also were arrested for rioting in Berlin and other cities.

One Berlin officer was severely hurt and ... or at least some restrictions on the mass New Year's Eve fireworks amnesty practiced in Germany, in recent years. The practice was shut down for ...