Argal escalates in Eggesin: man injured the attack with pepper spray!

Argal escalates in Eggesin: man injured the attack with pepper spray!

In an incident that took place in Eggesin on October 19, 2024, there was a violent conflict between two men in a net mark-end discount. The two acquaintances, 37 and 47 years old, went shopping around 8:45 p.m., but what started as a harmless meeting quickly escalated into a physical attack.

After a verbal exchange of blows, the 47-year-old pulled an irritant sprayer, also known as the animal defense spray "Guardian Angel 3", and sprayed his counterpart in the face. The 37-year-old was panicked to the cash register and fell to the ground in the output area, where he screamed loudly: "He has a weapon!" The attacker followed him and put his spray back in before it was finally empty. The injured party suffered an eye irritation due to contact with the stimulus and had to be treated by the recalled rescue workers, but hospitalization was not necessary.

suspect and legal consequences

The deployed police officers were able to quickly identify the 47-year-old and meet at home, where the stimulus sprayer was secured. During the investigation it turned out that the suspect had consumed alcohol; A breath alcohol test resulted in a value of 1.02 per thousand. Because of these facts, the man now faces a complaint about dangerous bodily harm and drunkenness in road traffic.

Both men are German citizens and the incident stirs up new discussions about security in public space, especially in supermarkets, where such violent clashes are increasingly occurring. As the police crime statistics show, the number of violent crime in the Mecklenburg Lake District region has increased significantly in previous years. In 2022 a total of 491 violent crimes were registered, a number that could further raise awareness of the need for security measures.

The review of the statistics shows that of the 491 cases recorded in 84% of all layers could be clarified. Most suspects were identified and the age distribution of the perpetrators indicates a high level of participation in young people. This development ensures concern in society and underlines the relevance of robust crime prevention.

Overall, this incident also reflects the need to develop a better understanding of potential dangerous situations in public and know how to behave in the event of an attack. Safety officers are called up to inform about suitable measures and to do educational work in order to promote a correspondingly safe environment. Against them, there are civil society initiatives that do educational work in schools and municipalities in order to raise awareness of the population.

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