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Violence at German train stations

Violence at German train stations

The numbers are based on the statistics of the “entrances” police, where crimes are registered when they become known by the police. This means that there is also a dark figure. However, for 2024, it should be mentioned that because of the European football championship last summer, a very large number of people traveling by train For several weeks, writes the Yahoo News portal.

The spokesman for the internal affairs of the Conservative Facation in the German Parliament, Alexander Throm told Die Welt newspaper: “Train stations and trains. Places of fear It has a serious impact on the public security feeling and should not be a permanent condition. “

AFD parliamentarian Martin Hess stressed in a statement that

The train stations, once the mobility and peaceful meetings, are becoming more and more areas.

At Dortmund’s central station, the largest number of sexual crimes, with everything 53 cases, were reported last year. This was followed by the main stations in Frankfurt, with 40 incidents, and Hamburg also with 40. In 2023, the Central Station in Cologne drove with 57 crimes. The AFD investigation also requested information about the origin of the suspects. Mr. Hess, whose party is vehemently anti-immigrant, noted that “in many fields of crime, foreigners are disproportionately represented among suspects.”

Cover photo: Illustration (photo: AFP)