Turn of the year - Interior Minister: Significant damage on New Year's Eve in Saxony
Despite a largely peaceful New Year's Eve,Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster is concerned about the destruction caused and the attacks on emergency services. The turn of the year was a challenge for the Saxon police, rescue services and fire departments, the ministry announced on Tuesday. The emergency services had to deal with a large number of arsons, explosives detonations, damage to property with considerable damage and bodily injuries.
There was also resistance to and attacks on officers. "This New Year's Eve, too, emergency services were shot at with fireworks, bottles were thrown at them and they were physically attacked. We firmly oppose this dwindling respect for emergency services and the increasing brutalization of a few. Every attack will be consistently prosecuted and the perpetrators must expect severe penalties," explained the CDU politician.
Statement from the Ministry
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- Armin Schuster, the Interior Minister of Saxony, highlighted that the turn of the year necessitated an operational force from the police, rescue services, and fire departments due to the significant damage and attacks on emergency services during New Year's Eve.
- Criminality on New Year's Eve in Saxony resulted in numerous arsons, explosives detonations, and damage to property, causing considerable damage and bodily injuries.
- Despite the largely peaceful atmosphere of New Year's Eve, the event was not without its challenges for the emergency services in Saxony, including physical attacks on officers by perpetrators, who threw bottles and shot at them with fireworks.
- The Saxon police, rescue services, and fire departments faced a severe test during New Year's Eve, and the Interior Minister, Armin Schuster, vowed to prosecute every attack against emergency services and impose hefty penalties on the perpetrators, as he condemned the dwindling respect for these services and increasing brutalization.
- The authorities in Dresden, Saxony, are on high alert following New Year's Eve, as they assess the damage caused and investigate multiple incidents of criminality, including explosions, property damage, and attacks on emergency services, signaling the need for heightened vigilance and enforcement by the operational force.
Source: www.stern.de
