Drama on Theresienwiese: Police shoots - woman died!

Drama on Theresienwiese: Police shoots - woman died!

On September 5, 2024, a serious incident occurred in downtown Munich when an 18-year-old Austrian named Emra I presumably carried out an attempted terrorist attack. Near the Israeli Consulate General and the Nazi documentation center, he opened the fire on security forces, who then shot back and killed the attacker. Emra I. was known to the Austrian authorities before the incidents, but was not classified as "high-risk dangers". In the course of the investigation, data and a computer game were found on his cell phone that indicates Islamist-terrorist ideas. Bavaria's Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann said after the incident that the situation was "adjusted", while Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasized the protection of Jewish institutions as essential.

on June 7, 2025, over six months after the terrorist incident, the Munich police were again faced with a critical situation on Theresienwiese. Here the use of firearms occurred when a woman who injured several passers -by with a knife was shot down by the officials. Although the background of the incident is unclear, the woman was later operated in the hospital, but died of her injuries. Therefore, it remains uncertain whether and how many people were injured. The police confirmed that there was no immediate danger to the general public, but did not comment on the exact circumstances of the incident.

discussion about police violence and firearms

These tragic events again raise the question of the use of firearms by the police. In France, for example, killings by drivers and passengers through police force are a long -term problem. A law on internal security has been changed in order to allow the use of firearms only under "absolute necessity and strict proportionality". Law enforcement officers should avoid firearms if there are fewer harmful agents available. However, the regulations that delimit the use of firearms from direct threats to life do not correspond to international human rights standards.

Since 2017, an increase in extreme police violence in France, especially towards minorities. Nils Muižnieks from Amnesty International criticized that too many people, especially black and Arab citizens, were shot by the police in similar situations. This leads to a persistent demand for reforms that are intended to contain the harmful firearm use.

The events in Munich illustrate how important such a reform is in Germany, because the tragic incident on Theresienwiese could raise questions about the appropriateness of the police operation. The continuous discussion about the power of violence by the police is therefore essential to establish confidence in the security forces and to prevent such terrible incidents in the future. Political managers are obliged to analyze the tragic events and take fair measures in order to protect the trust of the citizens.

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