Police are finding more youths carrying knives in some parts of Switzerland.
Keystone / Martin Ruetschi
The Swiss cities of Zurich and Basel have launched awareness campaigns to dissuade youths from carrying knives, after observing a rise in the number of stabbing injuries.
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The campaign entitled “Your mother doesn’t want you to go to jail” highlights the consequences of stabbings both for victims and perpetrators.
“If someone commits a stabbing it is grievous bodily harm and they have to answer for it,” Daniel Sollberger of Basel city police told Swiss public broadcaster SRF.
Police and youth workers report a rise in the number of young people carrying knives. For instance, at a Basel autumn fair last year, one in eight youths who were searched were carrying knives.
The number of serious acts of violence in Switzerland increased by 16.6% to 1,942 offences in 2022, the highest value since such statistics started to be recorded in 2009.
Last year, minors made up 12% of all people charged for crimes in Switzerland and young adults (aged 18 to 24) another 15%.
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