“Police in Gifhorn Respond to Alarming Vortex Rumors Circulating Among Parents”

Vortex in Gifhorn! Parents in particular are alarmed.

The police Gifhorn tries to appease.

Police Gifhorn want to calm down

As the officials announced on Facebook, many parents have contacted the police. They all had a voice message forwarded to WhatsApp that apparently sounded pretty drastic. According to this, among other things, an incident is told here where a girl claims to have heard children’s voices from a van.

According to the police, such a case was actually reported last Tuesday (April 25) in Wesendorf. The police searched for the vehicle directly, but did not find the van. And: In the Gifhorn district, no child is officially missing at the moment, it was said.

At the same time, the officials refer to an information package from the Lower Saxony State Criminal Police Office on the subject of “When strangers approach children”. Among other things, it also states: “Information received that children have been spoken to should not be passed on unchecked (such as via WhatsApp groups)! First call the police on “110” to find out whether such an incident is known!”

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In this respect, the reaction of the Gifhorn parents is absolutely understandable and understandable, but not really effective – quite the opposite.