Drama in Seesen: Man drives to police officers with vans!

Drama in Seesen: Man drives to police officers with vans!

Seesen, Deutschland - in Seesen there was an extremely explosive incident in the early morning, in which a man with a van added to two police officers. The bad incident occurred on a supermarket car park on Frankfurter Strasse, where the officers wanted to take control. A random witness had noticed an unlit vehicle at around 3 a.m., which finally led to the operation. When the police arrived, they were confronted with a white van where two men were located. While one of the suspects started fleeing, the other jumped into the vehicle and raced directly towards the officials. These reacted and opened the fire, but fortunately remained unharmed. The van was found later, abandoned and parked near a school. The police are currently looking for the two occupants and urges the population to take hitchhiking in the Seesen area. Information is accepted under (05321) 3390 or via emergency call 110. The Oldenburger Online Zeitung .

This incident is also highly increasing the increasing violence against police officers in Germany. According to a study, around 38,109 acts of violence against police officers were registered in 2018, with the perpetrators mostly male and often under the influence of alcohol. These numbers reflect the alar-mosing trends, which cause the legislator to be asked for protective measures. The Federal Center for Political Education emphasizes that both police force and violence against police officers are linked and require a differentiated consideration.

police in the crosshair

The events for the incident in Seesen are not an isolated case. As can be seen in the reporting reimbursement, the discussion about violence against the police has gained dynamics in recent years. Violence against police officers not only takes place at major events, but also increases in the everyday life of the civil servants. The police crime statistics (PKS) shows that the willingness to display attacks against the police is low, which makes it difficult to grasp the actual extent of this violence. In 2019, around 1,500 cases of assault were registered in office - a value that illustrates the underlying challenges.

The reporting also plays a role here. Numerous police officers have experienced violence since 2009, and the legislator created a new criminal offense in 2017 to facilitate law enforcement in assault on civil servants. It is all the more important to continue the social debate about how such incidents can be avoided. The Bild Zeitung reports that the police are still looking for the volatile suspects that are responsible for the incident in Seesen.