Masked attackers attack Dynamo Dresden teen fans in Weida!

Masked attackers attack Dynamo Dresden teen fans in Weida!

In Weida in Thuringia, the friendly between Dynamo Dresden and FC Thuringia Weida was overshadowed by a shook incident on Friday evening. While the statistics for Dynamo Dresden were extremely positive with a clear 7-0 victory, two young supporters of the club, 16 and 17 years old, were the victim of a robbery. They attacked about seven to eight masked attackers on Wiesenstraße, with one of the young people being hit in the face. The perpetrators violently challenged fan utensils, including a scarf from Dynamo Dresden, and then fled towards Theodor-Körner-Straße. The police then initiated investigations against unknown people and calls on witnesses to report to the Greiz police inspection, by phone on 036616210. Violence among fans is considered unacceptable, both in the stadium and outside, such as Image emphasized.

The dark side of the fan existence is unfortunately not uncommon. Not only since this incident there have been reports of violent clashes among football fans. This is also shown in the indictment against a 20-year-old German, which was submitted by the Dresden public prosecutor. He is charged with several serious crimes, including communal robbery, dangerous bodily harm in different cases and breach of the peace. The young man was already in custody and had severe incidents, including attacks on fans of other clubs. The last incident took place in November 2023, where he attacked a group of Regensburg fans. The District Court of Dresden will decide promptly on the opening of the main procedure, as reported.

fan violence in numbers

The discussion about violence in football is further fueled by current studies. According to an investigation by the Ifo Institute, which analyzed the effects of 4,500 games, an immense damage of around 194 million euros has been caused by fan violence in recent years. This study comes to the conclusion that in the first three leagues alone between 2011 and 2015 there were over 38,000 suspected cases of assault. In the time around football games, the number of violent incidents increased by 21.5 percent compared to days without games. Helen Breit, from the fan initiative "Our Curve", criticizes these numbers and demands more precise analyzes because football games are major events and are to be expected with higher crimes. Despite these alarming reports, the DFL does not see any trend -related increase in violence, which is also supported in the past season by high sales and low injuries to police officers during the games, such as [Augsburger General] (https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/sport/fussball-studie-zur-gewalt-von-fussballfans-was-ein-ein-sag- ID61810606.html) summarizes.