bDuring a criminal investigation into a fight between youth gangs in the Greater Stuttgart area, the responsible regional court sentenced 24-year-old Shariar K. to twelve years in prison. An Iranian of Kurdish origin detonates a hand grenade at a funeral in Altbach, Württemberg, June 9, 2023.
The crime was the culmination of a battle that had been fought on the streets for two years between two rival youth gangs with more than 300 members. Police talk about “subcultural violent crime” and are currently analyzing a much more violent gang war in Sweden.
In Altbach, K. – he belongs to Group A Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen – wanted to kill members of Group B Esslingen. A hand grenade exploded 17 meters from the cemetery forecourt, seriously injuring 15 people from the mourning community, but no one was killed. The defendant did not take advantage of the leniency policy. Due to the lack of witness testimony, the court was unable to find out where the hand grenade came from and who ordered it. Investigators believe that the crime was ordered.
“You are a person with significant criminal energy”
The trial essentially followed the prosecution’s charge, which called for a 13-year prison sentence, and found him guilty of 15 counts of attempted murder with dangerous bodily harm, violating the Assault Weapons Act and possession of explosives.
The court assessed the behavior of the defendant during the crime as a mitigating circumstance: “You are a person with considerable criminal energy, but you tried to compensate the victims and confessed, otherwise we would have been talking about life imprisonment, about the special gravity of the crime.” guilt and preventive measures must be considered,” the judge said. The signs of murder, deceit and the use of means dangerous to society are observed.
The court sentenced him to eleven years in prison for assault with a hand grenade alone; without a confession he could have been sentenced to 15 years in prison. He was also found guilty of assault with a knife on January 29, 2023 in Göppingen.
An asylum seeker who was rejected and forced to leave the country is preparing for online crimes in 2022. The prosecutor said: “The reason for the clashes is slander, this is followed by acts of revenge, violence is used for its own sake. This is what distinguishes this type of crime from organized and gang crime.” The convicted person in this environment is, of course, just a “soldier.” The Baden-Württemberg Criminal Police Office speaks of “crime as a way of life.”
Source: Frantfurter Allgemeine
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