A resident of the Mühlau-Arzl industrial area in Innsbruck is desperate. She talks about “drug injections, homeless people and vandalism” that worry her greatly. And she asks herself: “How do you raise a child here?”
“I don’t know what else to do and that’s why I’m turning to you.” With these words, a reader of “Krone” (name known to the editors) got in touch. The reason: “The situation in the Mühlau-Arzl industrial area in Innsbruck is no longer sustainable.”
The Tyrolean woman who lives in this area “doesn’t know how much longer I can keep this up and I wonder how you can actually raise a child here”.
“Area littered and dirty”
Especially since the asylum seekers’ home on Schusterbergweg became an emergency shelter and another home for stranded people was opened nearby, “the relations are getting worse and worse.” The reader speaks of ‘armed violent criminals hanging around’. She tells of organized groups of beggars ‘who live under the bridge opposite a snack bar and shout all night long’.
The woman also complains that the area is “dirty and littered, with drug syringes lying around, feces everywhere, broken glass, etc.”
“My neighbors and I are totally desperate”
The Tyrolean woman also claims that businesses in the commercial area would suffer considerable damage due to vandalism. Not only she, but also her neighbors are desperate. “The mayor’s solution is to simply call the police continuously, but they are powerless and sometimes have to come out four times in four hours. Otherwise, Mr. Johannes Anzengruber will not propose a solution,” the resident complains in conclusion.
Police confirm “official actions time and again”
When asked by police, press spokesman Christian Viehweider said about the bridge problem that “regular checks are still being carried out, including in the area of immigration law. There are no special findings here.” There are also “attempts on the part of the city to clear the area and restore it to its original state.”
Regarding the emergency shelter area, the spokesperson says that “police action always takes place there, also in the criminal field. If they become known, they are of course processed and reported to the Public Prosecution Service.”
Source: Krone
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