Numbers of counseling centers: Day five of the victims of right-wing violence

The number of right-wing attacks in the East rose, report for the consultation. In the past year, there were more than 1200 attacks. The Numbers of the victims of a consultant are according to experience, higher than that of the authorities.

advice centres for victims of right-wing extremist violence registered an increase of attacks in Eastern Germany. In the past year, the number of rights, crime increased in comparison to the previous year, by approximately eight percent. The Association of Advisory centres (VBRG) informed.

In the Eastern German länder and Berlin there was, therefore, 1212 attacks that were racist and anti-Semitic - most of the body injuries. VBRG-member of the management Board Robert Kusche language of 1789 Affected. Thus, at least five people had become in the East are daily victims of right-wing violence. Among the victims, more than 250 children and young people were therefore.

Two thirds of all attacks - 793 cases were racially motivated, and would have been directed in large part against refugees and migrants, it said. Another large group of victims of right-wing violence had supposedly been political opponents. Here's the advice report of 188 cases.

In Berlin there was, therefore, 8,6 attacks per 100,000 inhabitants, in Saxony, 7.8, and in Thuringia 7,5 attacks. In Brandenburg it had been seven attacks, in Saxony-Anhalt, 6.9 and in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern six. For the West German länder reported no comparable area-wide observation, as practised by the Advisory bodies in the East.