Karlsruhe Pyro process: social worker in the sight of the judiciary!

Karlsruhe Pyro process: social worker in the sight of the judiciary!

In the scandal around the Karlsruhe "Pyro process", the focus is on the fan project! Three urban social workers have to answer to court after they were invited as witnesses in the procedure against 28 accused who are responsible for serious pyrotechnics campaigns in the BBBank Wildpark in 2022. The public prosecutor suspects that social workers have information about the ultras who are responsible for the hurtful arguments during a game between KSC and FC St. Pauli. But the social workers refused to say what could now lead to potentially catastrophic consequences: a conviction would make them a criminal record, which makes their further work in social work impossible.

The process has already made headlines in the past few months after several fans were injured in the controversial pyro campaign in November 2022, staged by the Ultra Group "Rheinfire"-some of them. The judiciary in Karlsruhe is busy with the ongoing procedures and the first judgments have already been felled. The accused and many involved warn of existential risks for the fan project. The negotiations that have been running since May 2024 remain a hot iron in the Karlsruhe judiciary, and the situation escalates. More www.ka-news.de .