Eating in the shock: Police are looking for victims of brutal abuse on video!

Eating in the shock: Police are looking for victims of brutal abuse on video!

In North Rhine-Westphalia, an incident of severe abuse has come to light, which was documented by an accidental cell phone video. A 26-year-old man showed the police in Essen in Essen when he was in the police station because of another matter. This incident has attracted the attention of the investigative authorities and led to the initiation of investigations into dangerous bodily harm. However, the man who presented the video is not the only goal of the investigation, since the actual victim is previously unknown. The police therefore accepted an intensive search for this victim.

The victim is described as male, with dark hair, beard and dark eyes. It is also stated that it is slim and at the time of the crime a training jacket in the colors white, green and black. The abuse took place on September 29, 2024 between 9:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. in Essen-Leithe, whereby the exact crime scene is not known. The police asks the population to help with the help and to report information on the identity of the victim or the act by phone on 0201/829-0 or by email to Note.essen@polizei.nrw.de. The officials hope that witnesses will report that have information about the incident.

comparable incidents and trends

This incident throws a worrying light on the current situation of youth crime in Germany. In November 2022 there was already a SEK mission in Essen, in which four young people between the ages of 15 and 17 were arrested. They are accused of torturing two girls aged 15 and 16 in an apartment in Essen-Schonnebeck. During the one -hour abuse, the girls were beaten, tortured with an electric shocker, and injured with a cigarette and hot water. The youngsters also threatened the girls with knives and cut their hair.

The crime apartment was closed, and only by the intervention of a neighbor who heard the screams and the police alerted, the cruel abuse could be ended. The police determined together with the public prosecutor, youth court assistance and youth welfare office. The suspects are young people with a history of violence and property crimes, including threats, severe robbery, band theft and dangerous bodily harm. A SEK was used for the arrests, and evidence was ensured during the subsequent searches, including a knife. All four suspects were taken into the police custody and are waiting for a demonstration by the judge, while a fifth youth who lived in the crime apartment is still at large and was in loose contact with the victims.

Violence among young people is a growing problem, as can the statistics on youth crime illustrate. These say that the number of violent crimes among adolescents has increased in recent years. Details of these trends can be found on dji.de

The incidents in Essen show that the problems related to youth crime and violence must be taken seriously and that an increased social and political discussion is required. While the police are still looking for the unknown victim, the investigators call on to be vigilant and report information to prevent future tragedies.