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Two Weekend Attacks on Rescue Workers Reported in Bavaria

New BKA data show a record tally of affected rescue personnel in 2024.

Overview

  • In Gablingen (Augsburg district), an allegedly heavily intoxicated 18-year-old threatened an emergency physician with a broken glass bottle inside a communal accommodation.
  • The physician withdrew unharmed, police detained the 18-year-old, and he was taken to hospital for treatment.
  • In Saal an der Donau (Kelheim district), a 26-year-old described as in a psychiatric emergency assaulted two paramedics, injuring a 40-year-old who was deemed unfit for duty.
  • The 26-year-old resisted police before a female emergency doctor calmed him; he was admitted to hospital and is to be transferred to psychiatry.
  • Police opened investigations for physical assault on rescue personnel in both cases, as nationwide figures show 2,916 affected responders in 2024, the highest since the series began in 2018.