FRANKFURT — Two people have died from fireworks injuries during New Year celebrations in Germany, but the country avoided a repeat of the mass groping in Cologne two years ago amid heightened security and efforts to protect women from sexual harassment. Multiple fireworks injuries also were reported across the country. Six officers in Berlin suffered temporary hearing loss when a firework was thrown at them during the arrest of a suspect. Police said they also arrested a 16-year-old girl after she repeatedly threw fireworks at police and confiscated 44 illegal pyrotechnic devices they found in her possession. Police in Leipzig turned water cannon on a group of up to 50 disorderly people who threw firecrackers at them.

Source: National Post January 01, 2018 10:18 UTC