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Bloody dispute in Berg am Laim: Two men seriously injured!
Two men are seriously injured in an argument in Berg am Laim. Police are investigating, there is no danger to the lives of those involved.
Bloody dispute in Berg am Laim: Two men seriously injured!
Early on Thursday morning, more precisely at 5:15 a.m., there was a brutal altercation between two young men in the Berg am Laim district of Munich. Loud T Online The two opponents are 24 and 27 years old and both Somali citizens. During the argument, the reasons for which are currently unknown, the men injured each other with a sharp object.
Uninvolved witnesses saw the altercation and immediately called the police. Both men suffered moderate to serious injuries and were taken to hospital, but their lives are not in danger, a police spokeswoman confirmed. The exact nature of the injuries and information about the murder weapon used remain unclear to date.
Investigations and traffic stops
The police closed Berg-am-Laim-Straße for about two hours while investigators carried out forensics on site. The homicide squad, namely Commissariat 11, has taken over the investigation and will now clarify the background to this violent confrontation. Fortunately, there was no danger to innocent passers-by at any time during the incident, according to reports from Day24 was also confirmed by the witnesses.
This incident is part of a worrying trend, as police crime statistics show an increase in violent crime of around 17% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period last year. Particularly striking is the increase in the public sector, which is significant at 14%, while the increase in the private sector was only 3%, according to the report Federal Criminal Police Office.
Violent crime background
Three central factors are cited for this increase in violent crimes: on the one hand, increased mobility after the abolition of the Corona restrictions, on the other hand, economic and social burdens due to inflation and a high immigration rate, which also has an influence on the increasing number of non-German suspects in Munich.
In this context, a noticeable increase in the number of suspects among children and young people has also been observed, which may be related to the so-called “corona catch-up effects”. The final police crime statistics for the full year 2023 will be published in spring 2024.
The events in Berg am Laim shed light on the current security situation in the city. It remains to be hoped that the homicide squad's investigations will soon shed light on the background to the altercation.