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Kai Wegner said that employees must be able to work safely without being exposed to attacks. Disrespect and violence in everyday work are unacceptable. That is why the Berlin Senate supports the initiative of the companies, he explained. #SicherheitAmArbeitsplatz #RespektImJob #GewaltPrävention #DE (translated)

After the violent excesses following the "Gen Z takes care of it" demonstration in Frankfurt, the city parliament is discussing integration and background, with all parties emphasizing that the violence cannot be justified and the safety of citizens must come first. #GenZ #Gewaltprävention #Integration (translated)

A new study by the German Society for Trauma Surgery shows that the number of seriously injured by knife attacks in Germany has increased by 58 percent between 2013 and 2024, reinforcing the feeling of rising knife violence in society. #Messerangriffe #Gewaltprävention #Gesundheitsversorgung (translated)

In a pilot project in US prisons, the state of Michigan plans to use AI software to predict violence and classify inmates into five security levels in order to improve risk assessment by about 30 percent, while experts warn of potential biases and inaccurate data that could have serious consequences. #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Gefängnis #Gewaltprävention (translated)

The Frankfurt police announced that they had been deployed at numerous locations in the city center to secure them. In addition, they had specifically taken action against violent groups of people and had disrupted their activities. #ffm3110 #frankfurt #Frankfurt #Sicherheit #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann wrote that a 63-year-old woman was jogging on a forest path on Heinestraße in Stuttgart-Degerloch around 10 a.m. the day before when a 23-year-old Ukrainian reportedly approached her from behind, grabbed her, and threw her to the ground. Whether he intended to rape her was left open by the police. The woman fought back and escaped; the man followed her briefly and then ran away. According to Kussmann, police officers later arrested the man not far from the crime scene. He was not taken into custody but was taken to a psychiatric hospital because it was believed he was in a state of mental emergency during the attack. Kussmann described Degerloch as a good and upscale area. #Stuttgart #Kriminalität #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Blickwinkel referred to El Salvador as an example of what a state could achieve by regaining control. The murder rate in 2015 was 106.3 per 100,000 inhabitants, representing the highest rate worldwide. For 2026, Blickwinkel projected about 0.97 and wrote that the country was on track for a historic low. The decline has been unusually steep compared to other countries. The structures of the gangs MS-13 and Barrio 18 have been systematically dismantled, and more than 90,000 suspects have been arrested, wrote Blickwinkel. In El Salvador, there are now days and weeks without murders; children are playing outside again, and fear no longer dominates everyday life. Security is a political decision made by El Salvador, according to the author's assessment. #ElSalvador #Sicherheit #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Christiane Richter wrote that, as a mother of a child who has experienced violence, she was angry about a video from Frankfurt/Oder. In it, a group beat up a boy while bystanders filmed. She hopes that all perpetrators will be held accountable and that the role of the spectators will also be examined. Richter reported that after an attack on her daughter, the threats continued. She also filed charges against all bystanders who did not intervene. The perpetrator and her friends later attacked other children as well. When Richter asked their parents to report the incidents, they repeatedly told her to stay out of it. She urged affected parents to report incidents, secure evidence, seek support, and consider civil action. Parents should not be deterred from demanding consequences when their children are beaten, Richter wrote. #Elternschaft #Gewaltprävention #Kinderschutz (translated)

Michael wrote that recordings showed how a single student was surrounded, humiliated, beaten, and kicked by a group of ten people in front of a school in Frankfurt (Oder) – also to the head when he was already on the ground. The participants filmed the violence for social media. This case was only one of such incidents that became publicly known; in many schools, violence is part of everyday life, even if it does not always occur so brutally, he wrote. To protect the victim, he used a pixelated video. He did not want to further disseminate unpixelated recordings that were also being spread on X. #Schulgewalt #Mobbing #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Peter Welchering wrote that he had been asked for a media-ethical and media-methodological assessment of the opening sequence of ZDF Magazin Royale from October 2, 2026. He only showed a neutral still image of the clip because he did not want to disseminate the representation published by ZDF. According to Welchering, the segment showed a truck repeatedly running over a moped rider and also reversing over him. He asserted that the scene violated ZDF's programming mandate and the relevant state treaties. It was neither satire nor journalism and breached the applicable standards. In his view, it was not an exaggerated portrayal, but rather the visualization of a violent fantasy. Welchering called on the director general, the programming team, and the television council of ZDF to censure the segment, remove it from the media library, and hold the responsible employees accountable. In his opinion, the segment should not have been approved. #Medienethik #ZDF #Gewaltprävention (translated)

In Denmark, there is a discussion about whether teachers are allowed to physically intervene in certain situations to prevent violence between students, while in Germany there are already legal foundations that allow teachers to intervene in dangerous situations. #Lehrerrechte #Gewaltprävention #Schulgesetzgebung (translated)

Yvonne Kussmann reported, citing the Südwest Presse, that a 27-year-old Afghan appeared at the town hall in Tuttlingen with a weapon and was subsequently shot by the police. Before that, he had applied for a fiction certificate there, which could serve as proof of legal residence for asylum seekers during an ongoing asylum procedure. The document was not issued to him; after that, he was removed from the building. Kussmann wrote that the man then returned with a weapon. The reason why the certificate was not issued was initially unclear. The 27-year-old was known to the police and in the city for psychological disturbances, she wrote. She announced that she would submit an inquiry regarding the case. Kussmann compared the incident to the attack in Illerkirchberg: A 27-year-old Eritrean had attacked 14-year-old Ece and her friend with a knife on the morning of December 5, 2022, as they passed by the accommodation of Okba B. on their way to the school bus. The man wanted to go to the district office to kill staff of the immigration authority because they had not issued him a travel document. Kussmann wrote that he assumed the girls had seen his knife and would notify the police. Ece was so severely injured that she died two hours later in the hospital; her friend was able to escape after the first attack and survived with serious injuries. Kussmann wrote that the case in Tuttlingen ended differently and did not require any uninvolved victims. #Tuttlingen #Asylrecht #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Martin Sellner wrote that the Vienna police are searching for a suspected rapist who allegedly raped an 85-year-old woman at 1:35 AM on her way home from Vienna's main train station. He called for sharing the post so that the perpetrator can be found quickly and for getting involved with SaveEuropeAct. #Wien #Polizei #Gewaltprävention (translated)

Experts from the Tyrolean Counseling Center for Violence Prevention are calling for an increase in the mandatory six counseling hours for offenders with restraining and approach bans, as this number is insufficient to effectively combat the ongoing violence problem. #Gewaltschutz #Gewaltprävention #Beratungsstunden (translated)