December 20, 2025, 11:50 a.m. Supply: dpa Baden-Wurttemberg
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The hearth brought about injury of round 20,000 euros. (Symbolic symbol) © Sebastian Christoph Gollnov/dpa
A ten-year-old set fireplace to a hedge in Neu-Ulm with firecrackers. The boy got here to the police station along with his oldsters tomorrow and grew to become himself in, the police introduced. The hedge was once totally burnt down on Friday because of fireworks.
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The carport and the facade of the home had been additionally broken. Officers estimate the wear and tear at round 20,000 euros. Witnesses prior to now reported to the police that youngsters had been dealing with firecrackers there. It was once nonetheless no longer transparent the place the boy were given the fireworks.
A 10-year-old is criminally accountable
In idea, the act of a kid is a prison act, stated the police spokesman. On the other hand, because of his adolescence, the ten-year-old isn’t being prosecuted. In Germany, youngsters are legally accountable best from the age of 14. On the other hand, claims for damages is also sought beneath civil regulation.
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