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Mainz (dpa) - The federal chairman of the White Ring, Jörg Ziercke, has called for the immediate introduction of a legal claim to social compensation for victims of violent crimes with cars, such as in Trier or Volkmarsen.
The amendment to the Victims Compensation Act (OEG) provides for this, but only from 2024, criticized Ziercke in an interview with the German Press Agency in Mainz.
He had already asked Federal Social Minister Hubertus Heil (SPD) in a letter to prefer this.
"Amok drives and terrorist attacks with trucks or cars must be regulated by a legal claim in law with immediate effect," emphasized Ziercke.
According to the law, victims of an act of violence who subsequently have health problems receive support from the state such as a pension or medical treatment.
But Ziercke also sees an urgent need for action here.
«The proceedings are taking too long.
People are expelled in opposition proceedings and claims are not recognized, ”criticized the former head of the Federal Criminal Police Office.
Therefore, the White Ring, as a victim protection organization, suggested in the past to set up so-called clearing houses in the countries.
So the question of social compensation for crime victims should be clarified.
According to Ziercke, these clearing houses, which were urgently needed, did not arise.
He advocated setting up pilot procedures in one or two federal states so that the administration would recognize that these positions were really positive and made sense.
With the knowledge of the experts in such positions, decisions would be made better and faster.
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In Trier in Rhineland-Palatinate, a gunman raced through the pedestrian zone in an off-road vehicle on December 1, killing five people and injuring at least 24 people.
A similar act of violence in the north Hessian Volkmarsen on Rose Monday 2020 hit more than 150 people psychologically, said Ziercke.
Minister Heil used the hardship case, as he did with the terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market in 2016. "But there is still no legal claim."
The prevention of such acts is very difficult, said Ziercke.
If people have psychological problems or are in existential need, one can only appeal to the overall responsibility of all who deal with such people not to let them fall through the rust: "Approach people and establish contacts with aid organizations."
After the rampage in Trier, the Interior Ministers' Conference (IMK) wants to investigate whether there are early indications of such acts of violence.
A working group of the IMK should analyze this and examine whether nationwide coordinated indicators and action plans based on them can contribute to the prevention of amoktats and attacks.