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Series of burglaries shakes Weiden schools – police are asking for information!
In Weiden, Upper Palatinate, three schools were robbed. The police are investigating and are asking for information about suspicious observations.
Series of burglaries shakes Weiden schools – police are asking for information!
In recent days, an alarming trend has emerged in Weiden, Upper Palatinate: several schools have been robbed by unknown perpetrators. How tixio.de According to reports, the investigators from the Weiden criminal police station are already actively looking for clues that could potentially lead to the perpetrators.
A look at the individual incidents shows the brazen methods of the burglars. The first break-in occurred between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, with the perpetrators breaking into a school on Stockerhutweg. There they were able to break down the office doors and steal a key box. Another break-in took place at a school on Adalbert-Lindner-Straße. Here the thieves stole four-figure amounts of cash from a safe after breaking into the secretarial office. The third incident was even more brazen: the unknown people stole a safe with cash and bank documents on Stresemannstrasse. Investigators carried out forensic investigations at all crime scenes in order to find possible clues that could point to the perpetrators polizei.bayern.de points out.
Given these incidents, it is also important to look at the general crime situation. According to Statista, there were around 119,000 residential burglaries in Germany in 2023. Although the number of cases has fallen significantly compared to 2015, there has been an increase in burglaries after the corona pandemic. Burglaries are particularly common in urban federal states, while Bavaria is relatively safe in this regard. In Weiden, the citizens' sense of security is now impaired by these incidents, which can result not only in material damage, but also in psychological consequences, reports statista.com.
Call to the population
The police are now looking for witnesses who may have made suspicious observations between June 10th and 11th. Residents and passers-by are asked to contact us immediately as any piece of information, no matter how small, could be significant. The telephone number for information is 0961/401-2222, or you can contact any other police station. The investigators have high hopes for the public's help in bringing the perpetrators to justice and restoring the safety of the schools in Weiden.
It remains to be hoped that the police can quickly solve the crimes and that schools will soon be a place of carefree education again. The recent events also highlight the increasing burglary statistics and the associated fears among citizens. It remains important to be vigilant and improve security measures to prevent such incidents.