Police operation at Dornbirner train station: man with facial wound injured!

Police operation at Dornbirner train station: man with facial wound injured!

Kaplan-Bonetti-Straße, Dornbirn, Österreich - On Sunday evening there was a massive police operation at the Dornbirner train station, which was due to a assault between two men. As Vol.at reported, the conflict relaxed around 9:45 p.m., as a 26-year-old Italian citizen and a 49-year-old man with Sri-Lankian citizenship in a handling dispute fell. The Situation escalated in such a way that, according to witnesses, several emergency vehicles were on site and that a total of three police patrols and an ambulance.

eyewitnesses, including the city councilor Christoph Waibel (FPÖ), describes the situation as confusing. Waibel documented the incident on social media and highlighted the loud behavior and the alleged fight. The 49-year-old suffered a bleeding facial injury in the incident, but rejected medical care. The other man was apparently strongly alcoholized and was subsequently supplied by the emergency services.

further incidents in Dornbirn

only a few months ago, on the night of March 18, 2025, there was another violent incident in Dornbirn, which is linked to

The police are currently examining the background of this argument. Incidents like these throw a highlight of increasing violent crime, which, according to the Federal Criminal Police , in Germany in 2024 to 217.277 cases is and has reached the highest level since 2007. In particular, violent crime has increased by non -German suspects.

The reports on such incidents illustrate the challenges with which the local authorities are faced. The decline in general crime in Germany by 1.7 % last year, which was mainly caused by cannabis partialization, is in a strong contrast to the increasing figures in violent crime.