Pepper spray use to school: student injured-police investigated!

Pepper spray use to school: student injured-police investigated!

Schützenstraße, Damme, Deutschland - One cannot emphasize often enough that a respectful handling should be maintained in schools. But today, on June 19, 2025, there was an incident at a school on Schützenstrasse in Damme, which showed the opposite. At around 1:30 p.m., two students got into a dispute, who finally led to a student used pepper spray. At least one student was slightly injured in this unfortunate incident and even had to be taken to the hospital, while other students were indirectly affected, but did not need medical help. A teacher who tried to settle the situation could prevent worse things.

The Cloppenburg/Vechta police inspection confirms that investigations have been initiated against the polluter. Such incidents are not only unfortunate, they also shed a light on a growing problem in schools. According to reports from Nordkurier , several schools have been evacuated in the past few weeks due to similar incidents. A worrying example is the IGS "Four Gates" in Neubrandenburg, where 47 students complained of breathing difficulties. Here, too, there was suspicion of the use of an irritant gas, which led to the evacuation of the school.

increasing increase in irritant gas incidents

The incidents in schools are piling up: In Güstrow, over 80 students had to be treated due to pepper spray, and similar events have also been registered in other regions of Germany. According to a report by Süddeutscher Zeitung Pepper spray attacks at schools in Baden-Württemberg between 2021 and 2022 by 14 percent. About two thirds of these incidents are seen as assault, which shows that they are serious attacks.

The news situation suggests that it also requires the topic at schools in our region. Most stimulus gases and pepper sprays are easily available in shops and online shops, which enables young people to get into dangerous situations.

Once again, the consciousness training and prevention requirement is in the room. It is crucial that schools and parents work together to avoid such incidents and to strengthen the students' feeling of security. Today's events remind us that not only the physical but also the psychological effects of such attacks must be taken into account.