
Picture: The attack on the German Christmas market has cast a shadow over the New Year. The picture shows workers dismantling Christmas decorations at the site of the attack. \AFP
German Chancellor Scholz admitted in his New Year’s address that the haze of the Magdeburg Christmas market incident where a car rammed into a crowd has not yet dissipated. The incident resulted in five deaths and more than 200 injuries. The suspect was Talib, a Saudi refugee who had immigrated to Germany for many years. 3,000 police officers were deployed on the streets of Berlin on New Year’s Eve, and there were about 1,000 more police officers at stations and patrol cars. American billionaire Musk posted on the social platform Scholz refuted Musk’s remarks in his New Year’s address and emphasized that Germany’s future will not be determined by the owners of social media platforms, nor by the person who shouts the loudest, but by the vast majority of rational and decent people. People decide.
Germany has strict regulations on setting off fireworks. Most fireworks are only sold in the last few days of the year, and the setting off time is also limited to around New Year’s Eve. In Berlin, fireworks are allowed from 6 p.m. on December 31 to 7 a.m. the next day. According to German media reports, the German fire department is on standby to deal with accidents such as fires caused by private fireworks. German Fire Brigade Chairman Bans said that New Year’s fireworks will increase the workload of firefighters, but he does not believe that private fireworks should be banned nationwide in Germany. (Deutsche Welle, Associated Press)
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