Young people break into Linz ship - police strike!

Young people break into Linz ship - police strike!

In the night of April 16, 2025, a break -in was reported to an created ship in Linz, which led to an arrest of four young people. The police received an emergency call at around 4 a.m. and quickly arrived at the scene. The suspects are a 13-year-old youth from the Linz-Land district, a 14-year-old from Linz and two 15-year-olds, one of whom comes from the district of Perg and the other from the Amstetten district. According to 5min.at , several window panes of the ship were hit and an interior door was imposed. The bar area was also ransacked, with cigarette packs and cash falling into the hands of the youngsters.

The burglaries in the same night also includes an incident in a kiosk on Rainerstrasse, where food and e-cigarettes were stolen. A large part of the thieves were secured by the police and the four young people were arrested as a precaution. During the interrogation, the 15-year-old from the Perg district was confessed. However, the other young people, including the 14-year-old and the 15-year-old from Amstetten, refused to say. The 15-year-old from Amstetten was brought to a judiciary at the order of the Linz public prosecutor, while the others were indicated at large and handed over to their care facilities.

increase in youth crime

This incident occurs against the background of increasing juvenile delinquency in Austria. According to current police advertisements, the number of advertisements against young people between the ages of 10 and 14 have doubled. A total of over 12,000 advertisements were registered in this age group last year, with the proportion of non -suspicious people of not Austrian suspect. The increase in Syrian suspects, who ranked from 150 in 2020 to around 1,000 in 2023, is particularly striking. Interior Minister Gerhard Karner has caused this to mark youth crime as a "problem child", with a clear focus on measures that must also affect preventive aspects. Rai News calls for family reunification for Syrian citizens from which he assumes that 90% of the people concerned contribute to increasing crime.

Another concern is the existence of so -called "system sprinkers" - minor intensive careers who commit over 50 acts a month. Particular attention also requires the fact that three perpetrators are responsible for 28% of the burglaries of less than 18 year olds alone. The discussion about the reduction in punishment has now been deleted from the government program, but measures are still required to deal with the increasingly violent and criminal acts.

The incidents in Linz and the associated arrest of the young people are part of a major social problem that draws attention to the increasing crime rates and the associated challenges in the age group of young people. The upcoming political decisions will show which steps are taken to counteract this problem.