Migrant-fueled New Year mayhem turns Berlin into warzone; police, firefighters, and even ambulance workers targeted in brazen attacks

by John Cody

German youth in migrant-heavy neighborhoods once again turned Berlin and other German cities into war zones on New Year’s Day, but this year, news reports indicate that attacks were especially brutal and targeted rescue services, including ambulance workers.
 
In Berlin, police and firefighters responded to 3,943 incidents, with 15 firefighters and 18 police officers injured. According to Bild newspaper, there were “particularly bad attacks in the hotspot neighborhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln with a high proportion of migrants.”
 
“There were dozens of attacks,” says Interior Senator Iris Spranger, of the Social Democrats (SPD).
 
In Kreuzberg, for example, after young men set fire to barricades, firefighters who arrived to extinguish the fire were attacked by 200 hooded men. In Neukölln, which is one of the most multicultural neighborhoods in Germany, 50 perpetrators fired rockets at emergency force services.
 
In one disturbing scene, a group of men were filmed attacking an ambulance, hurling objects inside the vehicle’s open rear doors.
 
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Other videos show youths hurling rockets at ambulances as they attempt to drive down Berlin streets.
 

(1/4) Wenn man Bilder aus Städten wie Berlin oder auch Frankfurt sieht, weiß man: Es ist immer eine bestimmte Klientel, die hier zu Silvester völlig ausrastet. Es geht also nicht pauschal um Böller. Es geht darum, wer wie damit umgeht. pic.twitter.com/mdnT7qWRpw

— Anabel Schunke (@ainyrockstar) January 1, 2023

 
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Berlin Neukölln war dieses Jahr Silvester richtig schlimm pic.twitter.com/Obzc3tRyur

— 🌙فاطمة (@fatumaa_ab) January 1, 2023

 
Many of the incidents were caught on film, with the clips featuring burning vehicles, fires in tall apartment blocks, and one police officer being struck by a rocket directly on his helmet, which then burst into flames. One officer and one firefighter suffered from severe injuries and remain hospitalized.
 

 
“Our vehicles were fired at with birdshot ammunition,” says Thomas Kirstein of the Berlin Fire Department. Police report that an “illegal bullet bomb” was thrown at a fully occupied police car. In another video, a man shoots out a police car window.
 
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In the ensuing chaos, 103 people (98 men and five women) were arrested. The Berlin police wrote on Twitter, “The violence that our colleagues had to experience on New Year’s Eve is unbearable. It is a task for society as a whole to clearly counteract this. We thank you all for your commitment and wish the injured a speedy recovery.”
 

Die Gewalt, die unsere Kolleginnen & Kollegen in der Silvesternacht erleben mussten, ist unerträglich. Es ist eine gesamtgesellschaftliche Aufgabe dem deutlich entgegen zu wirken. Wir danken Ihnen allen für Ihren Einsatz & wünschen den Verletzten schnellste Genesung.
^VPr ^PPr'in

— Polizei Berlin (@polizeiberlin) January 1, 2023

 
Another video showed migrant youth mocking a firefighter as he attempted to give an interview to news outlets.
 

Berlin halt. pic.twitter.com/04NiRZGICB

— Anabel Schunke (@ainyrockstar) January 1, 2023

 
The next morning, burned-out buses and automobiles could be seen across Berlin.

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