Escape from Straubinger Clinic: Police are looking for four dangerous offenders

Escape from Straubinger Clinic: Police are looking for four dangerous offenders

on Saturday evening, August 17th, there was a worrying incident in the Lower Bavarian city of Straubing: four criminals fled from a closed psychiatric facility. According to the police, these are men aged 27, 28 and 31 who are considered dangerous. The circumstances of your escape are particularly alarming because you have previously threatened and injured an employee of the clinic to get access. These events have resulted in enforcement police measures and public warnings.

The refugee offenders were accommodated in a measure of measures, which means that due to their mental health states, they were not transferred to a regular prison. They were housed in this facility for ownership and narcotics offenses. While they attacked a clinic employee with tips and blunt objects and held it up to open the gate, the employees suffered significant injuries. The employee was hospitalized for medical treatment, while the four men fled on foot towards Alburg.

police search measures widen

The Lower Bavaria police immediately initiated a large -scale search, which also receives national support. Hundreds of officials are in action, supported by helicopters and search dogs. So far, however, there is no concrete references to the residence of the fleeting. The police call up the population to be vigilant and do not take hitchhikers with them or to approach the sought in any way.

The authority has also published pictures of the men they are looking for, accompanied by detailed descriptions, to facilitate identification. In a message it says that every hint from the population should be checked thoroughly, even if previous information in the search did not yet have too tangible.

Bayern's Minister of Social Affairs Ulrike Scharf also commented on the incidents: "Such outbursts must not happen again," she said, emphasizing the need to check the security measures in the facilities. She would like to ensure that both employees and the population are protected from such dangers.

The minister called for a comprehensive reassessment of the security concepts in psychiatric institutions in Bavaria, including the training of staff for dealing with critical situations. "The security and protection of the population have a top priority," she said.

public warning and security precautions

The four are considered dangerous and the photographs published by the police show their striking characteristics, including tattoos and characteristic peculiarities. Denise Eler (31) from Bosnia, Moritz Kühlborn (28) and Angelo Jeremias (28), both Germans, and Zeqir Beqiri (27) from Kosovo are the focus of the search.

The investigation and the search for the escaped take a while, and the police are determined to grasp the men that are classified as dangerously as quickly as possible in order to restore the public security.

development of the situation remains tense

In the coming days, the search measures could be expanded and exchange with other federal states could be expanded. The police remain optimistic that the public will quickly enter into information that can lead to the arrest of the offenders. It remains to be seen whether the collected information from the population leads to a quick success and the measures taken can contribute to a de -escalation of the situation.

The incident in Straubing raises important questions about security in forensic institutions. In Germany, there have been intensive discussions about the challenges in the enforcement of measures for years. These institutions are responsible for treating criminals that are considered to be unable to blame due to mental illness. A survey by the German Institute for Standardization shows that both sides - both specialists and residents - express concerns about security in these facilities. It is stated that the security concepts not only update, but may also have to be reconsidered fundamentally. According to a study by the German Youth Institute , residents of forensic institutions often feel unsure about what is reflected in increasing complaints and political demands for changes.

The statistics in the enforcement of measures

According to the Federal Statistical Office, a total of 28,000 people were accommodated in the implementation facilities in Germany in 2023. Almost 70% of these inmates have committed crimes related to drugs and property. Interestingly, the data also show that a total of 43 attempts to escape have been documented from forensic institutions in the past five years, whereby the majority of the perpetrators could be quickly caught. This clarifies that such incidents are not the order of the day, but cannot be excluded. A report by the Federal Criminal Police Office emphasizes that the attempts to escape usually take place without violent arguments.

The police not only initiated search measures after the incident in Straubing, but also checked security concepts in other forensic institutions. In this context, the proposal of experts to carry out additional training to Geisellagen and outbreak scenarios for employees in psychiatric institutions is increasingly loud. In the past, the minister has emphasized that the protection of employees and the public is of the greatest importance and that measures must be taken to prevent future incidents.