Threefold murder in northwestern England: Investigation of youth power started

Threefold murder in northwestern England: Investigation of youth power started

In the British city of Wales, the second phase of a comprehensive examination on the reasons for extremist acts of violence in young people began. This initiative is followed by a shocking incident in which three young girls aged six to nine years were killed on July 29, while taking a dance course on music by Taylor Swift. Kleine Zeitung reports that the examination of Richter in retirement, Adrian Fulford, is authorized to show witnesses. The aim is to answer complex questions and to develop preventive measures to prevent such incidents in the future As mentioned,

After the attack, right -wing extremist riots occurred, while false information quickly spread on the Internet that the perpetrator was an asylum seeker. The murder -suspect, Rudakubana, was held responsible and received a penalty of 13 times life for the three murders and ten attempted murders. Since he was only 17 years old at the time of the crime, he could not be sentenced to a life sentence without premature dismissal. Investigators found pictures of disturbing images after the crime, which showed killings, victims of torture and decency.

families and victims in focus

Adrian Fulford emphasized that it was important to explain to the families and victims concerned as quickly as possible what went wrong. The investigation aims to give the victims a voice and clarify how such extremist acts of violence can occur. This is done in the context of a broader engagement for the prevention of child and youth crime. In the context of these objectives, the Federal Ministry of Youth deals intensively with the topic and promotes the development of effective action strategies for protection of violence.

According to the ministry, most suspects only appear to be police or criminal. Only about 5-10% of the suspects commit several, sometimes serious crimes. Repeated serious acts are often committed by a small group of intensive perpetrators who often have to deal with complex social and personal problems. BMFSFJ emphasizes that the solutions to avoid these problems are in the cooperation between child and youth welfare, schools, police and judiciary. A holistic approach is supposed to improve the prevention of violence in the children's and youth area.

The role of prevention

The past two decades have brought about qualitative and quantitative further development of crime and violence prevention. Diverse concepts were developed to protect children and adolescents from the dangers of crime. The importance of strengthening cooperation between different institutions is undisputed. The workplace for child and youth criminal prevention at the German Youth Institute has been a central contact point in this area since 1997 and offers, among other things, a compilation of relevant data and facts on youth violence.

The tragic events in Wales focus on the need to prevent similar incidents in the future and show how important a common action of all social actors is to understand and address the reasons for such violence.