New Year's Eve balance sheet

Security forces had to deploy exactly 305 times

The police and fire department were in demand on New Year's Eve.(Bild: Evelyn Hronek)

The police in Vorarlberg can look back on a relatively quiet New Year's Eve. The state control center reported a total of 305 deployments, 70 of which involved pyrotechnics. This roughly corresponds to the figures from previous years. 

Across the country, 214 identities were established in the course of official actions, the police reported. One person was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and another after an attack on a police officer. The police officer who was attacked was injured to an indeterminate degree.

33 other men and women were reported to the district authorities for violations of the Pyrotechnics Act. The officers seized a total of 308 pyrotechnic articles. Three Vorarlberg residents were also reported to the public prosecutor's office in Feldkirch for legal offenses in connection with pyrotechnic articles.

Incidents in Bregenz and Lustenau
In addition to the accident in Bregenz, in which three children were handling homemade firecrackers and were seriously injured by the explosion of one of the fireworks, there were other incidents: In Lustenau, for example, several pyrotechnic batteries were disposed of in a waste paper container, causing the contents of the container to catch fire and completely destroying it. A window pane of an adjacent residential property was also damaged.

In the course of further official actions, two alarm guns were also confiscated by the police and a temporary weapons ban was issued.