The police have their hands full with Krampus runs: But it is no longer just injured spectators, attacks on Krampus are also increasing.
The Krampus and Perchten now receive numbers during official races so that a possible perpetrator can be identified in the event of misconduct.
But what does it look like the other way around? “It’s happening more and more now that we’re being attacked by spectators and being pulled by the horns. Which can also lead to injuries. But that rarely makes the headlines,” says Fabio Trezza of Dorfteufeln St. Magdalen.
For example, at the Krampus parade in the municipality of Hohenthurn on Saturday, a spectator tore the mask of a 15-year-old and shook it so hard that the young Krampus had to be taken to the Villach LKH with injuries from an unnamed person. rank. The perpetrator managed to escape and the police are now looking for him.
“They are mainly young people”
An extremely worrying trend that Josef Pickel-Hafner of the Carinthian Customs Association can only confirm. “Unfortunately, such attacks have become increasingly common over the past decade. And you have to put it this way: it is mainly young people who have little to do with our culture and our customs.”
That is why, according to the organizer of the Klagenfurt Krampus Run, which again attracted 50,000 spectators to the capital yesterday Saturday, it is all the more important that events are registered and sufficient safety measures are taken. “It’s sad – but everyone now needs security on the walking route who can identify and send away possible risk groups during the event but also in advance.”
Source: Krone
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