Willingness to use violence among young people: Alarming developments in Tyrol!
Knife attack in Tyrol: 12-year-old attacks 17-year-old. Discussion about criminal responsibility and public safety broke out.
Willingness to use violence among young people: Alarming developments in Tyrol!
In November 2024, a brutal knife attack at the train station in Schwaz, Tyrol, shocked the public. A 12-year-old Syrian citizen stabbed a 17-year-old without warning, causing him to suffer four injuries to his thighs and buttocks. Despite the serious incident, the Innsbruck public prosecutor's office discontinued the proceedings because the perpetrator was considered to be of legal age. FPÖ justice spokesman NAbg. Harald Stefan sees the need for an urgent reform of the juvenile criminal law and is calling for the age of criminal responsibility to be reduced to twelve years in order to be able to defend himself against the growing willingness to use violence among young criminals, as the “Kronen Zeitung” reported.
Increasing violence and necessary measures
Stefan emphasizes that this incident is not an isolated case, but represents a worrying development that is linked to uncontrolled immigration. He calls for existing laws to be adjusted so that the population can feel safe again. The FPÖ politician is convinced that society cannot stand idly by while the number of serious crimes committed by underage minors increases, and he calls for measures to combat this problem.
In a seemingly unrelated but equally fascinating event, Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof shows how art and restoration work together. From November 2024, the National Gallery of Contemporary Art will be hosting the event series “Show me!” invites visitors to follow public restorations of works of art and thus gain an exclusive insight into the fascinating world of art preservation. Over the course of a year, key works by the artist Bruce Nauman and the artist Rachel Whiteread will be restored to the public. This initiative has an important educational function by deepening the understanding and appreciation of works of art and focusing on the work of restorers.
The open restorations not only offer an insight into the technical processes, but also allow visitors to exchange ideas with the experts and learn more about the meaning of the works of art. This combination of art and public knowledge represents a further step towards promoting cultural education.