Police, fire brigade and emergency services about their New Year’s Eve: “Away with impunity, it is time for the iron fist”

While champagne bottles were being uncorked in Flemish living rooms, countless people risked being pelted, shot at or injured by fireworks. Because they also took action on New Year’s Eve when something went wrong, when someone needed help or danger lurked around the corner. This was New Year’s Eve of 2023 through the eyes of police officers, firefighters and first responders. “Young people in balaclavas were waiting for us.”

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