Unknown homeless in Göttingen brutally attacks in Göttingen!

in Göttingen there was an incident in early March 2025, in which a 62-year-old homeless man was attacked with a metal rod during sleep. The attacker asked the victim, according to the words "Hau from here", to leave the place. The man suffered serious injuries in the attack, including a laceration on the head and breaks on the arm and a finger. The injuries were discovered by two street workers in the city center, who then informed the police. The victim himself was able to call the police and was then treated in the hospital, such as the Tagesschau reported.

So far, the police have not investigated a suspect. A spokesman for the Göttingen public prosecutor's office confirmed that the authority is currently examining whether there are sufficient investigative approaches or whether the procedure is being suspected in the absence of sufficient suspicion. The files for the case were submitted to the public prosecutor last week. The police are handed over to the files as soon as all investigations have been completed. However, the procedure could be resumed if new information should arrive, such as ndr informed.

legal consequences

The accusation of dangerous bodily harm, which can be punished with a prison sentence of up to ten years. The scandal illustrates increasing violence against homeless; In 2024, according to LKA, 123 homeless people were victims of violence in Lower Saxony, with 63 slightly injured and 4 seriously injured. In the previous year there was a similar incident in Göttingen when a 38-year-old attacked a homeless woman with a burning deodorant spray. In January 2025, this was sentenced to ten months in prison under sentence for probation, which is final. The probation period is three years.