The attack in the American city of New Orleans, in which at least ten people have died and 35 have been injured, has darkened the New Year celebrations in the world, which until then had been celebrated normally and with incidents that occurred in its mostly due to pyrotechnic devices.
At least 10 people have died after a vehicle ran over a crowd gathered on Bourbon Street, in the so-called French Quarter, which was full for the New Year celebration. A truck went over the barriers and ran into the crowd and then the driver got out and started firing a gun, with police returning fire. At least two officers have been injured, but their condition is stable.
Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said in the same appearance that the attack occurred at 3:15 local time (09:15 GMT).” He said the man displayed “very intentional behavior” and was “trying to run over as many people as he could.”
The FBI has taken over the investigation and although Special Agent Althea Duncan said that “this is not a terrorist act” and that “improvised explosive devices” had been found at the scene, we have still ruled out such a hypothesis. , according to investigation sources cited by the New York Times.
Until the New Orleans attack, without major incidents
In general, the celebrations for the arrival of the New Year have passed without major incidents related to security, although in some countries there have been deaths and injuries due to pyrotechnics.
– In Germany, at least five people died during the New Year celebrations after being injured by pyrotechnic devices, according to the Police, who in Berlin alone arrested 390 people for various crimes, among others for attacking rescue personnel. .
– The early hours of New Year’s Eve in Brussels ended with the arrest of more than 60 individuals and dozens of cars burned in a night in which police forces carried out more than 350 interventions. Beyond the police and emergency services interventions, 50,000 people enjoyed the fireworks show that for the first time was organized outside the center of the Belgian capital, around the iconic Atomium structure.
– A total of 136 people have been arrested in Paris in various incidents that have occurred during the arrival of the New Year, and in the rest of France various events have been recorded, such as the death of a 15-year-old teenager in Strasbourg (northeast ), hit by a hit-and-run car.
The BFMTV network, citing sources from the Paris Prosecutor’s Office, has put forward that number of 136 arrests in the French capital, where 10,000 law enforcement officers had been deployed, particularly around the Champs-Élysées.
– In Spain, New Year celebrations ended in incidents such as brawls, drunkenness and fires, with one person dead and several injured due to attacks with firearms and knives, according to emergency services and security forces. In the town of Puente Genil (south) a man died and two other men and a woman were injured during a fight.
What’s new in the North Korean New Year
– North Korea said goodbye to the year with a large “artistic performance” held in Pyongyang attended by the supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, reported the state news agency KCNA. The show was held at the May 1 Stadium in the North Korean capital, the second with the largest number of seats in the world (it has 114,000), and featured musical and dance numbers, performances by figure skaters and fireworks.
There was also a countdown to celebrate the arrival of 2025, and not the year Juche 114, as would have been customary until recently, underscoring the current leader’s desire to break with certain legacies of his predecessors in office, his father, Kim Jong-il, and his grandfather, Kim Il-sung.
In Pakistan, at least thirty people were injured in the Pakistani city of Karachi by gunshots in the air during the New Year celebrations in the largest city of this Asian country, according to the Police reported this Wednesday.
– The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, sent a New Year message, planting a tree and reflecting on the historic 2024 that closes, while calling for participation in the 2025 judicial election. “Today we close 2024. It is a moment of reflection and thinking about what happened this year in personal, family and for our country terms. I want to thank everyone for the support we have had,” said the Mexican president in a video, in which she is seen planting a conifer.
(With information from EFE)
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