Police say Berlin marks New Year’s Eve with less violence than a year ago despite detention of 390

Authorities in Berlin said Monday that New Year's Eve celebrations in the German capital were more peaceful compared to last year despite the temporary detention of 390 people and 54 police officers being injured. It was the strongest police presence Berlin witnessed in decades. “It turned out that the many months of preparation by police and firefighters … have paid off,” Berlin's top security official Iris Spanger wrote on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.