Overview
- Police in Bielefeld confirmed two 18-year-olds died in separate incidents involving self-built pyrotechnic devices.
- The Unfallkrankenhaus Berlin reported 25 severe hand injuries with partial or complete amputations, including eight children.
- Berlin police temporarily detained more than 300 to about 400 people over dangerous fireworks use, with 21 officers lightly injured by blasts and a water cannon used to douse burning e‑scooters.
- Officials said about 220,000 illegal or improperly stored pyrotechnic items were seized, many in the F4 class reserved for professionals, as investigations continued into a suspected workshop linked to a Bochum apartment explosion.
- Fire services tackled numerous blazes and disruptions across several states, including apartment and roof fires, while a Kugelbombe explosion in Berlin-Spandau left one person lightly injured and 4,300 police plus 1,600 firefighters were deployed in the capital.