The areas in western Germany that were badly hit by the flood disaster are in urgent need of help. But this help is not always received with open arms.
Berlin – Rescue workers from the Technical Relief Organization (THW) were sometimes received in an unfriendly manner when they were deployed in West German flood areas.
“It goes so far that our helpers are insulted,” said the Vice President of the THW, Sabine Lackner, in the RTL / ntv “Frühstart”. “When they are out and about in emergency vehicles, they are thrown with garbage,” added Lackner. Behind the attacks are mainly lateral thinkers or people from the prepper scene, who pretend to be victims of the flood disaster, as well as some frustrated flood victims.
The Koblenz police were dismayed by the reports. “If the police learn of such an incident, we will act immediately and with all determination,” she wrote on Twitter on Saturday. At the moment the police in Koblenz could not confirm the descriptions “in any way”. “We ourselves only found out about this alleged incident from the media and checked it immediately with the THW and our police forces,” said the police.
Situation “stressful” for the volunteers
The police in North Rhine-Westphalia are also not aware of any incident in this direction, said a spokesman for the state control center. “We have no information on this.”
According to Lackner, the emergency services in some areas were filmed at work by people who would not have identified themselves as representatives of the press. No operations have yet been canceled because of the incidents, but the situation is psychologically stressful for the volunteers. “I am infinitely grateful to our emergency services that they are going on quite boldly,” said Lackner. dpa
