Police officers attacked with a hammer: shock in Aalen!
Police officers attacked with a hammer: shock in Aalen!
In the night of Monday, December 30, 2024, there was a serious incident in Aalen. A 28-year-old man climbed over the fence of the police station and attacked the police officers there with a carpenter shammer. According to News.de , there were two civil servants in the courtyard at that time when the man came to a threat. In order to control the situation, the police started pepper spray. The attacker tried to flee, but was overwhelmed with reinforcement of other police officers. During his arrest he resisted and tried to hit one of the officials on his head with the hammer.
In the incident, four police officers and the attacker were slightly injured. The 28-year-old was taken into custody and brought to a specialist clinic. It is now being investigated against him; There are indications of a mental illness.
further incidents in the region
On Saturday morning, another accident occurred on Ebnat, in which a 33-year-old BMW driver had overlooked an oncoming infinity vehicle. The incident led to two slightly injured and a total damage of around 30,000 euros; Both vehicles had to be towed. In addition, an accident escape in Hüttlingen on Saturday, in which a parked jeep was damaged. The unknown cause fled and left several hundred euros in damage. On the same day, an unknown person bumped into the parking lot of the Kubus in Aalen against a VW and moved away.
On Saturday evening, the police were called to a brawl between two men in the ZOB in Aalen. The 47-year-old aggressor was in possession of a one-handed knife in which heroin was secured in the course of the investigation. A complaint is now made against both participants.
The series of incidents in the region is viewed against the background of the past figures on violent crime. In 2022, a total of 413 violent crime category were registered in the Ostalbkreis in 2022, of which 15 % attempted crimes. The reconnaissance rate was 79 %, with 342 men and 73 women being identified as suspects. Remarkably, 42 % of the suspects were of no German origin. Compared to 2021, when 343 cases were registered and the clarification rate was 83 %, there is a worrying development.
At the same time, the number of traffic fatalities in Germany increased. According to DetailsOrt Aalen, Deutschland Quellen