In the Halloween night damage to property in several cantons
Published: Wednesday, Nov 1st 2023, 12:20
Updated At: Thursday, Nov 2nd 2023, 00:54
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On Halloween night on Wednesday, there were dozens of cases of damage to property, some of them serious, in several cantons. Most often eggs were thrown, but there were also fires set and vehicles were pelted with stones. This resulted in property damage of several thousand francs.
Young people in the canton of Aargau were the worst offenders. While children dressed up in costumes begged for sweets at the door, Halloween also attracted young people to the streets "who were up to no good from the start," the police wrote. During checks, police officers found young people carrying boxes of eggs or fireworks.
From dusk until well after midnight, there were around 80 incidents of mischief, vandalism, disturbance of the peace or littering in Aargau. In Würenlingen, unknown persons threw stones and eggs at two post buses one after the other. Several windows were broken, causing damage of over 10,000 Swiss francs.
Near a school building in Spreitenbach, a car burst into flames, and several other cars also suffered damage, estimated at 60,000 Swiss francs in total. Residents had previously observed young people handling fireworks.
In the canton of Zurich, too, the police were called out around 80 times. Most of the cases involved the throwing of eggs at facades or the burning of pyrotechnics.
In the canton of St. Gallen, the police were called out around 20 times to deal with reports of Halloween mischief. Most of the incidents involved the throwing of eggs and the use of spray utensils by young people.
Man opens door to children naked
In two cases, however, adults also did not behave appropriately. Thus, a man opened the front door to the wandering children naked, as the cantonal police St. Gallen writes. He will be reported to the police. A second adult frightened children with his disguise when opening the front door.
Police in the cantons of Zug and Schwyz were also called out more than a dozen times. Mostly, facades and cars were pelted with eggs.
Halloween refers to the night before All Saints' Day. Celtic origins are suspected, but are not proven. According to mythology, the dead went in search of the living to die the next year. To scare off the evil spirits, people dressed up in scary costumes and haunted the streets even at night.
Halloween was originally celebrated only in areas of the British Isles that remained Catholic, especially in Ireland. Emigrants brought the custom to the USA, and from there it has come to continental Europe since the 1990s.
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