Man deliberately drives into a group of people in Passau out of custody dispute

Man deliberately drives into a group of people in Passau out of custody dispute

Passau, Deutschland - in Passau there was a terrifying incident on Saturday: A 48-year-old man deliberately raced into a group of people and injured five people, such as the Kleine Zeitung reported. His 38-year-old wife and her five-year-old daughter are among the injured. Everyone involved comes from Iraq and are now experiencing the consequences of a possibly escalating custody dispute. The driver was temporarily arrested and should be brought before the judge on the same day to decide on his detention.

The motifs behind the incident are worrying. Initial indications indicate that it could be a relationship act. According to the police spokesman, there had already been missions due to family conflicts that indicate a deep conflict within the family. The possible trigger for the dramatic events could be a custody dispute that had apparently recently gained sharpness.

injuries and follow

Five people were injured in the incident, including the wife of the perpetrator, which is currently being treated in the hospital. Fortunately, there is no danger to her. Her daughter and the other three injured women, aged 18, 39 and 52, have only suffered minor injuries and have already been released from the hospital. The investigation by the Passau criminal police inspection and the Passau public prosecutor are in full swing because an arrest warrant was requested for attempted manslaughter in five cases.

particularly tragic in this case is that the incident cannot be viewed in isolation. Studies show that custody disputes often result in violence, with clarification and fairness often falling by the wayside. According to a report by National Geographic , mothers and children are in many cases disadvantage in the court proceedings. So they often suffer from unjustified assumptions on the part of the fathers, who are often represented as victims, although violence can have occurred in the past.

social dimensions

The emotional strain of such conflicts is enormous and not only affects the immediate participants, but also moves an environment of familiar and acquaintances into a whirlpool of uncertainty and fear. The social discussion about custody disputes has to be reunited in order to support the mothers, children and families affected by the often chaotic and stressful system.

In this context, the incident in Passau is not only perceived as a tragic event, but as a further proof of the urgent need to set new standards when dealing with custody conflicts. The hope remains that such acts of violence can be avoided in the future and that the well -being of the children is in the foreground.