Austria recorded a complete of 5,865 hate crimes final yr alone with a 7% enhance over 2021, in line with an official report launched over the weekend.
The report, revealed by the Interior Ministry, revealed that a lot of the perpetrators of the crimes had been Austrian nationals.
It revealed that hate crimes corresponded to 68.2% of all crimes dedicated within the nation final yr, with almost half of them involving “Nazi propaganda.”
The report additionally indicated that almost all of the perpetrators had been juveniles.
In an announcement on the findings, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner mentioned that “through preventive work with young people, extremist tendencies can be recognized early and countermeasures can be taken.”
“The radical and extreme corners of our society are trying to undermine and thus endanger our democratic coexistence,” he added.
Justice Minister Alma Zadic famous that hate crime is without doubt one of the greatest threats to the unity of democratic societies, including that “recent hate campaigns and calls for violence have shown us how real this threat is.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com
