Wittenberg · ST

Man remanded after knife attack in Wittenberg

A 19-year-old man was injured in the leg with a knife at around 19:15 on 6 March at the Gewerbepark Elbe bus stop on Dessauer Straße in Wittenberg. Investigators say that a 19-year-old suspect known to the victim and a woman boarded the bus in which the victim was travelling. The suspect is alleged to have repeatedly punched the man before injuring him with the knife. The injured man was taken to hospital for treatment, while police officers provided first aid until emergency services arrived. The suspect was provisionally detained in Wittenberg the following morning. After prosecutors applied for detention, a judge ordered him remanded in custody on the evening of 7 March.

Source: presse.sachsen-anhalt.de

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Confirmed fatalities
Not separately confirmed
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Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
Category
Knife attacks
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Injury reported
Confirmed injured persons
1

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