Similar firework displays in Brussels and Paris were cancelled, and in Germany two railway stations were closed after authorities were tipped off about a “serious imminent threat” planned for an event in Munich.
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Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in London on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to ring in 2016 amid heightened police security.
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In Bangkok, the site of a deadly bombing months ago, police flanked partygoers.
Security forces in many capitals around the world were on raised alert after a year of violent attacks, the biggest of which killed 130 in Paris in November and was claimed by ISIL.
Mounted police in central London during the New Year celebrations. The Dubai Media Office said 16 people suffered mostly minor injuries during the fire whose cause is not yet known.
“We want people to be reassured, not frightened by the number of police officers they may see”. Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, said that the “noble and decent” video display would be aimed at “sending the world the message that Paris is standing, proud of its lifestyle and living together”.
Up to 5,000 police officers were in the area, with bomb disposal experts sweeping the area beforehand.
The world is welcoming 2016 with large fireworks displays in major cities from Sydney to Hong Kong and from Paris to NY.
The arrival of 2016 was greeted by silence in Moscow after the fireworks display was five minutes late. People are reluctant to organise events involving lots of people.
“I’d like to wish everybody on our lovely planet Earth a very fun New Year’s Eve and a happy, healthy 2016”.
As midnight approached, families bundled up for visits to neighbourhood temples, where the ritual ringing of huge bronze bells reverberated through the chill.
Sydney, traditionally the first to host a major New Year’s bash, kicked off the global festivities when it lit up the skies with pyrotechnics at the stroke of midnight (1300 GMT). One celebration was organized at a town near the border with rival North Korea to watch one of the ceremonies and wish for peaceful Korean unification. He says it was impossible to forget “so many days marked by violence, by death, by the unspeakable suffering of so many innocents”.
Horns blared and crowds cheered as the tower was then lit up with fireworks, with colours shifting from green to red to white. Police spokesman Ayman Batniji said hotels and restaurants were allowed to hold parties a day earlier or a day later.
In the Gaza Strip, the Islamist Hamas rulers of the Palestinian enclave have banned New Year celebrations, saying they go against Islamic teachings.
“It’s better not to take any risks”, mayor Yvan Mayeur said Wednesday after police arrested two people suspected of plotting to launch attacks during the festivities at Brussels landmarks.
Police in Munich have warned of a possible “planned terror attack” in the city and asked people to avoid crowds and train stations.
It followed an excitable countdown to the New Year, which was shared in other USA cities including Washington DC.
Police advised revelers not to come to the fireworks display without a ticket and to be ready to have their belongings searched.
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Hours before official festivities began at 6pm (local time), people from all over the world began to assemble in the famed Manhattan crossroads for an annual rite of winter that dates back to 1904.
