From Tokyo to New Zealand, the world greeted 2016 with cheers and huge fireworks that was enjoyed by millions of revellers in different counties. And in Munich, police were anxious about the threat of a terror attack.
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This year’s festivities were being attended by almost 6,000 police officers, including members of a counterterrorism unit. “This is the center of the world on New Year’s Eve”, Milley stated.
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With memories of the deadly attacks in Paris and California still fresh, police took extraordinary measures to ensure security at an event that has come to define the NY experience for many visitors to the largest USA city. People, basically the youths had geared up for their own unique ways to welcome and celebrate the New Year by organising fun fiestas at cultural theatres thereby creating their own platforms to exhibit their talents with the advent of another fresh year.
Police spokesman Werner Kraus told The Associated Press that “after evaluating the situation, we started evacuating the train stations and also asked partygoers to stay away from big crowds outside”.
London’s Metropolitan Police was reported to have deployed 3,000 officers in the inner city, including extra armed officers.
The city’s New Year fireworks carry on as scheduled.
During New Year’s Eve, a total of 48 arrests were made in London, including four for drug possession, three for carrying offensive or bladed weapons and five for assaults on police officers.
When 2016 hits Europe, approximately one million people will countdown at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany’s capital Berlin.
Rio de Janeiro will have two themes for its New Year’s party – the 100th anniversary of samba music and the upcoming Olympics next year.
While foot tapping item numbers kept the people in high spirits, the celebrations reached at its peak at the stroke of midnight as the clock struck at 12.
Around one million people converged on Times Square, New York, for the annual New Year’s Eve celebration.
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Around 40 lifeguards of the Swiss Lifesaving Society SLRG celebrate New Year’s Eve by jumping and swimming in the Reuss river with the Kappel bridge in the background in Lucerne, Switzerland. The party was to begin with musical acts including Luke Bryan, Charlie Puth, Demi Lovato, and Carrie Underwood and end with fireworks and the descent of a glittering crystal ball from a rooftop flagpole.
