Offers in Zella-Mehlis: Support young people after Miguel A.

Offers in Zella-Mehlis: Support young people after Miguel A.

Zella-Mehlis, Deutschland - The city of Zella-Mehlis has to fight with the violent death of a 23-year-old man, known as Miguel A.. Four weeks ago, this sad incident caused horror in the region. In order to offer support and security in the difficult situation, the city has now launched an offer of help for young people. Mayor Torsten Widder emphasizes how important this support is for the young people concerned. In the children's and youth leisure meeting, employees who have an open ear and offer a safe place for discussions to help young people in the turbulent time. The close communication with the young people is intended to ensure that nobody stays alone with their pain. As reports Insuedthueringen, this is an important step in coping with the trauma.

The circumstances of the murder are shocking. According to information from MDR, two 19-year-old men as well as a 15-year-old girl are suspected of being involved in the brutal abuse and death of the victim. Experts emphasize that cases with adolescents in the main rol of perpetrators are usually quite rare for serious acts of violence. Inés Brock-Harder, the chairwoman of the Federal Association for Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, describes this case as a new phenomenon, since it does not often occur that underage girls are also suspected. Bernd Holthusen, from the German Youth Institute, indicates that young people can spontaneously commit violent acts, but do not appear more often in such serious cases.

prevention and awareness

The reactions to the tragic incident show how important prevention work is. As bmfsfj Society intensively deal with the prevention of crime and violence in children and adolescents. This means that municipalities and countries develop strategies together to avoid such serious incidents. After all, most suspects children and adolescents only appear police once; It is therefore crucial to establish preventive programs that are particularly aimed at endangered groups.

Another point that is emphasized again and again is the role of group dynamics. Often it is social circumstances that lower inhibitions and lead to acts of violence. In this case, the difficult environment could have presented an essential factor. Because according to the experts, motives for such bad acts are often to be found in personal problems and in stressful family conditions.

The more important is the emphatically close cooperation between youth welfare, school, police and judiciary in order to achieve clear approaches and to help young people to make the right decisions and to avoid further acts of violence.