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
Documented information
- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- Injury reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 1
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