Dresden under pressure: Knife attack and mobility in the Neustadt!

Dresden under pressure: Knife attack and mobility in the Neustadt!

Alaunstraße, 01099 Dresden, Deutschland - Last weekend, the Dresden Neustadt once again showed itself as a setting for intensive police operations. A total of 36 officials from the Dresden police and the Saxon riot police were deployed to react quickly in several incidents. During the night of Sunday there were troubled disputes and threats that required the attention of the emergency services.

A particularly concise incident occurred at 11:25 p.m. on the barn forecourt on Alaunstrasse. Here an 18-year-old Iraqi threatened a 39-year-old man with a knife. Passers -by held the attacker until the police arrived. Fortunately, the endangered was unharmed, while the officials discovered several ecstasy tablets and a prescription medication when the suspect was searched. Against the 18-year-olds were filed for threats and violations of the Narcotics Act. As Tag24 , the situation on the streets of Neustadt is not new, since it repeatedly comes into focus of the police.

Maße cell phone thieves were also a topic of the weekend. At 3.15 a.m., the police arrested a 28-year-old Tunisian. A 34-year-old woman had previously reported the theft of her cell phone on the Alaunstrasse. The arrested did not carry a stolen mobile phone, but another, the origin of which is now clarified by the investigators.

conflicts and injured persons

on Sunday evening, around 9:25 p.m., there was a new discussion on Albertplatz, in which about five people got involved in a violent argument. This ended in a fight, in which two men aged 20 and 39, both Syrian citizens, were injured and had to be taken to the hospital. The police arrested a 35-year-old Tunisian as a suspected participant and initiated an investigation into dangerous bodily harm. The background of the dispute are still unclear according to Neustadt-Ticker , however, there is a worrying trend in the region.

A look at the crime statistics from 2024 illustrates that the total number of crimes in Dresden has dropped to 47.305 compared to 47,439 in 2023. Nevertheless, due to increasing figures for dangerous bodily harm and property damage, the crime remains at a consistently high level. Police President Lutz Rodig emphasizes that a third of the suspects do not come from Germany, which underlines the need for preventive measures in the city. These developments are in the context of ongoing challenges in the city's security situation, such as Saxon

Overall, the situation of the past few days has kept the police busy, and it remains to be seen how the authorities will encounter the increasing crime rate and the dangerous conflicts in the city. The events make it clear that there is still a need for action in Dresden to ensure security and order.