Property damage and disturbances accompany Halloween
Published: Friday, Nov 1st 2024, 13:30
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On Halloween this year, there was once again damage to property and disturbances of the peace across the country. The police were called out dozens of times in various cantons because of eggs thrown at houses, stones thrown at buses, fireworks and disturbances of the peace.
In the canton of Zurich, containers were set on fire and two buses were damaged with stones. Most of the incidents in the canton were caused by eggs being thrown at facades and vehicles and pyrotechnics being set alight, according to the Zurich cantonal police on Friday morning.
However, several Zurich police organizations emphasized that the incidents had been limited compared to previous years and that the vast majority of the children and young people dressed up in scary costumes had been out and about peacefully.
Various incidents of damage to property also occurred in Aargau. However, thanks to prevention and controls, the evening was largely calm, according to the Aargau cantonal police. In the Basel region, mainly eggs were thrown at buses. There were no incidents in the city of Basel.
Majority of those disguised correctly
Around a dozen reports were received in the canton of Solothurn. According to the police, these mainly involved eggs being thrown at house facades or fireworks being set off. The vast majority of children and young people behaved correctly and decently. The presence of the youth police and other patrols in uniform and in plain clothes proved its worth.
In Thonex in the canton of Geneva, a youth was arrested after injuring a police officer with mortar fire.
Halloween refers to the night before All Saints' Day. Celtic origins are suspected, but have not been proven. According to mythology, the dead went in search of the living who would die the following year. To scare off the evil spirits, people dressed up in frightening costumes and haunted the streets at night.
Halloween was originally only celebrated in areas of the British Isles that remained Catholic, particularly in Ireland. Emigrants brought the custom to the USA and from there it came to continental Europe in the 1990s.
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