Nürnberg · BY
Man tries to injure police officer with knife in Nuremberg
After a reported brawl on Kopernikusstraße in Nuremberg, a 50-year-old man allegedly tried to injure a 28-year-old police officer with a knife. The man approached during a police check, pulled a knife from his pocket and struck the officer in the chest with its handle. The officer suffered a minor contusion; no cut injury was reported. Officers arrested the man, who is being investigated on suspicion of, among other offences, resisting officers and assaulting law-enforcement personnel.
Source: www.polizei.bayern.de
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Nürnberg, Bavaria
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- Minor injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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