Two groups have been fighting each other in the Stuttgart area for two years. But unlike other gang conflicts, this is not about drug deals. Who are these men? What do you want? And how can they be stopped? An exploration.
It is June 9, 2023, 11:15 a.m. when Shariar K. gets into a taxi in Göppingen, east of Stuttgart. He carries a hand grenade with him. K. wants to go to a cemetery in Altbach, the journey takes around 20 minutes. At the destination, K. tells the driver to wait. He himself, K., has something to do shortly. Then he enters the cemetery grounds. A funeral service is currently taking place in the funeral hall for a 20-year-old man who died in an accident. Several hundred visitors came. These include well-known members of one of the two gangs that are fighting a bloody battle around Stuttgart. Shariar K. belongs to the other gang.