Aggressive man in the main train station: Violence against policewoman escalated!

Aggressive man in the main train station: Violence against policewoman escalated!

In an alarming episode, which occurred on Monday, July 7th, in the Dresden main train station , the federal police were alerted by a passerby who observed an aggressive behavior of a 22-year-old German. The man was already known to the police and was remarkably nervous and uncooperative at the identity assessment. This Situation takes a dangerous turn when he held a glass bottle in his hand and refused to remove it.

like Meidresden reported, gestured The accused game with the glass bottle, which finally culminated in a physical argument. In this course, the aggressor met a federal policewoman on the face, whereupon the emergency services took into account and brought the man to the ground.

threatening situation and dangerous substances

The situation quickly escalated: the man who had a knife in his hoodie handed over the official. During his further search, a crystalline substance was found in its underpants. Fortunately, the injured policewoman was able to continue service. This type of aggression in public space is part of a worrying trend.

According to a report by Tagesschau , the number of registered violent acts with knives in trains almost doubled in 2022. A total of 336 knife attacks were counted in trains and at train stations. In the overall picture, the crimes in this area rose by 12% to over 398,000, which also includes 14,155 bodily harm.

The development of these violent incidents, as well as the terrifying example from Dresden, demands all the more urgent action by the authorities. The Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser has already asked to check the security measures at train stations and trains, especially after a recent incident in a regional train in which two people were killed.

statistics on violent crimes

The criminal police situation is underlined by the federal police input statistics. In 2023, for example, 27,160 violent offenses were recorded, with over half of the suspects came from the non-German group of people. These figures show that the topic of security in public transport is not only a locally limited problem, but also a nationwide call to improve protective measures.

like The Bundestag reports, many of these topics remain up to date in political discourse. In particular, the discussion about the return of threats and criminals is very popular, with politicians from the ranks of the Union criticize the federal government again and again.