Shots in the skater park: Floridsdorf in fear of youth violence!

Shots in the skater park: Floridsdorf in fear of youth violence!

On Friday evening there was an incident in the Floridsdorf skating park, in which young people followed a person with a firearm and scored calls like "Allahu Akbar". These incidents arouse concern about increasing uncertainty in the district, as Wolfgang Irschik, FPÖ member of the state parliament, emphasized. He demands that public places should not become a scenery of violence and that citizens can feel safe. The situation is perceived as alarming by Irschik and Deputy Deputy Deputy Deputy Sabine Mareda, whereupon Mareda demands determined action in areas close to children and adolescents. The FPÖ demands an immediate increase in police presence in Floridsdorf as well as consistent investigations and hard punishments for the perpetrators.

The FPÖ sharply criticizes the red-pink city government for its failure in security issues. It is also required to rethink integration and migration policy, which, as the FPÖ argues, favors such developments. In the night of Monday, the situation in Floridsdorf escalated when a four -person youth gang rioted. In this context, several alleged shots were heard at the area at the area, and the young people threatened visitors to a business premises with a pulled weapon. A 26-year-old witness, who tried to stop the young people, was injured and even hit by a firearm.

an increase in youth crime

The incidents in Floridsdorf are not isolated. According to the current surveys and the report of the Federal Ministry of Youth, preventive measures to combat child and youth crime have been more urgent than ever in recent years. The Ministry works on action strategies and takes part in specialist discussions to improve the situation. A statistical problem is that the majority of suspect children and adolescents only come into conflict with the law, while 5-10% repeats, sometimes serious crimes.

intensive offenders are often male and fight with several challenges such as social disadvantage and experiences of violence. The work of the Federal Ministry of Youth is aimed at optimizing cooperation between various institutions such as child and youth welfare, police and schools. In the past two decades, the prevention of crime and violence has developed both qualitatively and quantitatively. Nevertheless, the implementation of preventive measures remains a task that must be taken over by the states and municipalities, since the challenges are complex.