Young violent perpetrators in Landau: Police are looking for witnesses for beating!

Young violent perpetrators in Landau: Police are looking for witnesses for beating!

On Monday evening, around 8 p.m., a physical argument between two 16-year-old adolescents occurred at the train station in Landau in the Dingolfing-Landau district. According to the report of the Wochenblatts there were contradictory statements about who the perpetrator and who the victim is actually. While the first teenager claimed that the other had beat him, the second youth, who later went to the police, made him attacked that he had also been attacked and got a slap in the face.

The police are now looking for other witnesses who may have observed the incident. These are asked to report to bring clarity into the different versions of the events. Pfalz-express also describes similar incidents in the community again and again, which makes the security situation appear worrying.

youth violence in general in the focus

The recent incidents in Landau are not isolated. The current police crime statistics for 2024 shows a worrying increase in youth crime, especially with violent offices. In particular, the number of suspects between the ages of 14 and 18 has increased by 3.8 percent. Experts attribute this development to the psychological stress by corona pandemic and new masculinity concepts.

Dirk Baier, a criminologist, has observed that the willingness to violence increases among younger young people. This could also be reinforced by the feeling of uncertainty that many young people experience during and after pandemic. In a conversation, Baier had also recorded the discussion about the criminal age limit: here in Germany a penalty of the age of 14 is currently regulated, but a review of this limit is always required, especially considering the increasing willingness to violence.

The police will continue to rely on prevention work in the future in order to avoid such incidents. It remains to be hoped that a clear clarification of the incident at the Landau train station will benefit not only to the young people involved, but also to the entire community in order to better control and prevent future conflicts.