Judgment in the Zingst process: Shots from the car-the focus!

Judgment in the Zingst process: Shots from the car-the focus!

Zingst, Deutschland - In the Stralsund district court, the judgment in the trial against a 24-year-old is expected today, which is charged with attempted manslaughter. The accused is said to have shot two men out of a car in August 2024 and seriously injured. The public prosecutor accuses him of deliberately having deliberately targeted a 25-year-old and accepting it to violate a 24-year-old. Despite these severe allegations, the accused denies that he had shot himself and states that it was only the driver, while a colleague in the passenger seat made the shots. Before the verdict was pronounced, two other witnesses that are heard as part of the process will today. Five witnesses were already loaded at the start, including the two injuries who could describe the events. The process itself started on May 7th and will continue over several negotiation dates, with a total of eight other appointments being set.

like the Ostsee-Zeitung reported, the incident occurred in the immediate vicinity of Zingst's beach and is directly related to a dispute between security services in which both victims and perpetrators were employed. The shots were fired from a distance of around 30 to 40 meters. The 25-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries in the lower abdomen, while the other victim made a shot on his arm. The accused was arrested ten days after the incident and was released after five months of pre -trial detention under conditions.

relevance for society

Such violent incidents also highlight the serious problems in the field of security and violent offense in Germany. According to the data of the Federal Criminal Police Office , the cases of manslag have stabilized in recent years. In the period from 2014 to 2024, a clear need for discussions about violence prevention as a whole. The accused 24-year-old not only sees himself against criminal consequences, the social effects of such violent action cannot be ignored.

Today's judgment could be a decisive turning point for everyone involved. The forecasts for the sentence are diverse, because for attempted homicide, the law provides for a prison sentence of at least five years, in more severe cases there is even a lifelong imprisonment. It remains to be seen how the court will decide and which teachings from this incident can be drawn for the future.