Reflection after shots in Zingst: the defendant gets away with it!

Reflection after shots in Zingst: the defendant gets away with it!

At the Stralsund district court, a process ended that caused a lot of excitement in the region. A 24-year-old was acquitted of the accusation of attempted manslaughter. The incident, which occurred in Zingst on the night of August 9, 2024, had led to a dramatic police operation. The accused accused of shoting two men out of a car could not be convicted. The court could not clearly find that it was actually the shooter. Witnesses made contradictory statements during the process, so that the evidence was not sufficient to justify a conviction. The public prosecutor had asked to condemn the accused about the attempt of a manslaughter, but both indictment and defense for an acquittal in the final plea. As reported NDR, the two witnesses who had identified the accused as shooters.

A 25-year-old was seriously injured in the incident and suffered a life-threatening injury in the lower abdomen, while a 24-year-old got away with a shot. This gave the process a serious weight because the circumstances of the crime made high emotional waves. In addition to the injured, the circumstances of the defendant's arrest were not without explosiveness: he was caught in Stralsund about two weeks after the crime. The violation was discussed in public, especially since the defendant had fled after the incident. The court rejected compensation for pre -trial detention because this flight was considered culpably.

evidence and further negotiation dates

Despite the acquittal, the matter does not completely clarify. The defendant was temporarily arrested during the pre -trial detention and was released four months later, at the end of December 2024 the court decided that it could be released under certain requirements. The process was scheduled with eight further negotiation dates to examine all aspects of the case in detail, reports [Nordkurier] (https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/mecklenburg-vorpommern/schuesse-in-zingst-probst-23-jaehrigen-startet- 3560846).

The basics of crime development in Germany show that such serious offenses must also be viewed in the context of a declining trend. The police crime statistics of the Federal Criminal Police Office have a decline from 1.7 % to around 5.84 million registered crimes in 2024, including slimming rapes and robberies. But according to a Statista Study, the feeling of security in Germany remains impaired, especially by crimes that cannot always be identified as perpetrators.

Overall, this case represents a questionable point in regional crime history and may influence the security awareness of the citizens in Zingst and beyond. While the investigation continues, it remains to be seen how the judgment is legally weighted and which conclusions could draw other processes from it.