In Sendling, cars have been victims of vandalism for a few days.
More than 30 car owners have already filed a complaint.
Now the hunt for the culprit begins.
A car hater is apparently up to mischief in Munich * - dozens of vehicles have already been scratched in Sendling.
The police have already recorded more than 30 reports.
An appeal from an affected person is also directed at young parents.
Munich - Drivers who
have parked
their car on the side of the road near
Implerstraße
often experience a nasty surprise on their return these days:
Long scratches run
across the entire passenger side.
The police have already received
more than 30 reports
from Sendling!
The damage is immense and residents like Patrick Mende are sounding the alarm.
"This is no longer a stupid-boy prank," said the 45-year-old.
His white BMW 2 Series Active Tourer was also damaged.
Since the
scratches on the vehicles
regularly appear on the right side, those affected suspect that someone is ratcheting
along the vehicles
with a key or other sharp object as they
pass.
According to previous estimates by Mendes, who works at BMW, the damage amounts to around 5000 euros for large scratches and around 1000 for smaller ones.
"We are not afraid here now,
Sendling
is a safe and beautiful district," emphasizes the family man.
Munich-Sendling: The hunt for car scratchers begins - request for notification of reimbursement
He hopes, however, that the police will soon
find
out about the car scraper and appeals to everyone
to keep
their
eyes open
and to report to the police if anyone sees anything suspicious.
The
hunt for the car scraper
begins!
In addition, everyone should file a complaint that finds scratches on his car.
According to Mende, some residents have already
reacted
to the
vandalism
and would no longer park their vehicles in the affected area.
Since it is theoretically possible that the
vehicles were not willfully damaged
, the 45-year-old also thinks it makes sense for
parents to talk to their children
.
Maybe the boys and girls heard something on the way to school.
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Those affected: Patrick Mende (left) and Peter Vogelbacher are just two of the Sendlingers whose cars were scratched.
© Markus Götzfried
Munich-Sendling: Police are investigating the accumulation of scratched vehicles
The police confirmed the number
of scratched vehicles
around Implerstraße and investigated.
All brands and price classes are included in the vehicles concerned, according to police spokesman Oliver Barnert, no pattern can be derived from this.
He stresses that the
cars were all properly parked
when they were damaged.
The police are currently more present in the area and regularly check for abnormalities.
If a car
scraper is
caught, he faces
imprisonment
and high claims for recourse.
In the case of a convicted perpetrator in Schweinfurt, for example, who had damaged 406 cars, the damage amounted to more than 440,000 euros.
The April 2020 verdict: two and a half years in prison.
Information on the Sendlinger incidents to the Presidium Munich on 089/29 100.
(S. Wegele) * tz.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network
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In Würzburg, the police caught an eleven-year-old car scraper in 2019.