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VW employees in Mosel: Nasty wheel nut attack in parking lot!
A VW employee in Moselle discovers loose wheel nuts on his car - police investigate because of dangerous interference.
VW employees in Mosel: Nasty wheel nut attack in parking lot!
A worrying incident occurred on Monday, August 11th in Mosel, when a 54-year-old VW employee was the victim of a dangerous attack. After a long day at work, the man noticed in the parking lot of the Volkswagen factory that something was wrong with his blue VW Passat. The damage was more than obvious: his vehicle's wheel nuts had been maliciously loosened, meaning the left wheel had already come loose from the suspension. Luckily he was able to stop in time and call the police. According to News38, the property damage amounts to almost 3,000 euros.
The employee noticed the problem late in the evening when he experienced difficulty steering. "I was driving home and didn't think anything bad until I lost control of the car," he told authorities. The police are now investigating dangerous interference with road traffic and are urgently looking for witnesses who may have seen anything suspicious that night. They can contact the Zwickau police on 0375/428102.
A recurring problem
This incident is not the first of its kind. The factory management in Zwickau raised the alarm last year because perpetrators unknown to us repeatedly loosened wheel nuts in parking lots around the factory. These repeated attacks have raised fears among employees. A similar incident, in which an employee only noticed the holey wheel nuts at home, occurred in August 2024. The situation raises serious questions about the safety of vehicles in the facility's parking lots, which could contribute significantly to the company's loss of reputation.
In the context of these frightening events, it is important to remember the general crime situation in Europe. According to Eurostat, it shows that such attacks, although they represent individual tragedies, are part of a larger issue affecting safety in public spaces.
This incident once again highlights the need for management and the community to keep a close eye on employee safety. It remains to be hoped that such incidents will soon be a thing of the past and the dark shadows that lie over the VW factory in Moselle can soon be driven away.