Road gas drama in Sternberg: Six injuries cause excitement!

Road gas drama in Sternberg: Six injuries cause excitement!

In the city of Sternberg, an incident at the connected regional school and the "David Franck" high school creates great excitement. On Monday, July 9, 2025, seven sixth grade students were injured by irritant gas. Five of them had to be taken to a hospital in Schwerin for treatment. The affected students reported on eye and respiratory trace irritation, which led to a quick reaction from the emergency services. The incident has not only received local but also national attention and raises questions, especially on social media, about possible trend behavior among young people who have occurred in similar cases in Parchim, Friedland and Neustadt-Glewe, where irritable gas was also exuded. Here [SVZ] (http://www.svz.de/regional/schwerin/reizgas-Verfall-an- Regionalschule-was-bisher-knachen-ist-ist-ist-ist-ist-ist-ist-ist-ist n-tv reports that the incidents have recently occurred.

The police confirmed that the cause, a 14-year-old girl, was determined as a suspect. This had probably sprayed an animal defense spray in a school toilet. These types of irritable gas incidents have recently been a worrying appearance, as similar incidents in Lichtenstein and Bietigheim-Bissingen show where numerous students were injured and massive rescue operations were necessary. In Lichtenstein alone, 42 people were affected, including especially children, and here too no dangerous substances could be detected. The police continue to determine the background of the incident in Sternberg.

forces in the large alarm

The reaction of the authorities in Sternberg was comprehensive. Dozens of emergency services were on site, including the Sternberg volunteer fire brigade with six vehicles and 16 comrades, as well as the office management and fire brigade Brüel. The danger of Ludwigslust-Parchim's dangerous goods was also present with six vehicles and 21 emergency services. In total, six ambulances with 14 emergency paramedics and an emergency doctor were in use to help as quickly as possible and check the situation. The school management referred to the Ministry of Education Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for further information, from which one answer is still pending.

The situation in schools is worrying and leads to a comprehensive debate about the security sense of the students. Markus Schümann, the school -headed manager, has already announced that it would thoroughly process the incident and to use it as an educational measure. It remains questionable whether this is sufficient to avoid further incidents of this kind. Standing with the police and the parents, the topic is discussed at various levels to restore the feeling of security.