66-year-old man in Karlsruhe: Brutal knife attack in social accommodation

66-year-old man in Karlsruhe: Brutal knife attack in social accommodation

In a social accommodation in Karlsruhe, a 66-year-old man was killed with a sharp object on Tuesday evening. The alleged perpetrator, a 35-year-old man, was arrested in his apartment in the same property shortly after the crime, as t-online.de . The incident occurred in the Daxlandlanden district and is currently being examined by the criminal police.

First investigations indicate that there have already been disputes between the victim and the suspect. Both men lived in the same residential group for socially disadvantaged, which indicates a direct personal conflict. Despite the immediate medical care, the victim died of his serious injuries at the scene. The exact circumstances and the motif of the deed have so far been unclear, but could be related to the previous clashes between the two men. The police stated that it will continue to be determined in this case.

social context of violence

These violent incidents throw a light on an alarming phenomenon in society. Saskia Gränitz, who researches homelessness and violence against homeless people, emphasizes that the willingness to violence against defenseless people is often associated with social and social crises. According to taz.de , violent crime against homeless people in Germany increased by 36.8 percent between 2018 and 2023. Last year, 885 acts of violence were registered, which represents an alarming signal for the need for social intervention.

Gränitz emphasizes that many affected people, out of fear of reprisals, do not file a complaint, which the actual numbers are likely to make even higher. Younger men in particular are often perpetrators who embody a toxic masculinity, propagate the hardness and rejection of weakness. A better understanding of the connections between personal and social crises could therefore help to combat the causes of this violence.

challenges in homeless work

The increasing violence against homeless women is also worrying. Gränitz reports that violence against women has increased by 46.2 percent in the past five years, which is a greater increase than in men. Women are often less visible in society because they organize their homelessness so that they do not come to the fore. A sustainable solution to the problem could therefore require the creation of more living space and result in regulation of ownership in order to improve the life situation of obachoseless people.