Children's gang in Eastern Austria: 1,200 burglaries cause excitement!

Children's gang in Eastern Austria: 1,200 burglaries cause excitement!

Wien, Österreich - In the past few months, an alarming wave has developed in Austria criminal behavior among children's and youth gangs. Such a group, which is particularly active in the greater Vienna area, is held responsible for the inspection of around 1,200 crimes, as reported by the Volksblatt . The police estimate the total damage to almost 500,000 euros. The perpetrators, mainly minor adolescents, were researched in extensive investigations, with 500 crimes being detected in April. The group has specialized in car collapses, where it often uses emergency hammers to put on the triangular discs of the vehicles and to loot them.

The perpetrators are mostly between 12 and 17 years old and come from different countries, including Syria, Russia, Serbia and Slovakia. Investigations have shown that the gang members have not only burglaries into vehicles, but also in business. This in turn happened in a similar mode Operandi, in which emergency hammers were used to open the entrances. The high number of actions that has increased in recent months is particularly alarming with a significantly increased interest in taxi and car slumps since the end of October.

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similarly scandalous incidents are also reported from Germany. The police have put several children in Diepholz who are held responsible for numerous crimes in Bassum and Twistringen. According to the NDR it is a group of five to six children under 14 years, which in the period from February to April Have committed crimes. This is mainly thefts of bicycles, money as well as shoplifts and property damage. The youth welfare office was switched on to take appropriate measures for the children concerned.