Overview
- Two men aged 19 and 20 were threatened with a knife on Friday night in the Park der Opfer des Faschismus, handed over cash, then were forced to give up their phones minutes later at the Hilbersdorfer Straße bus stop.
- Police estimate the theft at about €2,000, report no injuries in the Friday case, and are searching for the suspects while appealing for witnesses.
- Investigators are examining links to three attacks reported the previous day in different Chemnitz neighborhoods.
- In Thursday’s incidents, two 14-year-olds in Gablenz surrendered a small amount of cash, a 56-year-old in Bernsdorf was assaulted and robbed of cards and a phone and taken to hospital, and a 36-year-old was beaten after refusing drugs and later treated.
- Authorities say violent offenses involving children and teenagers have surged in Chemnitz and expect a significant increase in such cases in 2025.