Wuppertal · NW
Man seriously injured in knife attack outside Wuppertal café
On 4 October 2026 at around 06:30, a 44-year-old man tried to intervene in an altercation outside a café on Morianstraße in Wuppertal’s Elberfeld district. An unidentified suspect seriously injured him with a knife. Another participant, aged 35, suffered a minor injury and received outpatient treatment; its cause was not specified. The suspect fled and allegedly threw the knife into the Wupper river. Police found and secured it while examining the scene.
Source: www.presseportal.de
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- Incident date
- Confirmed fatalities
- Not separately confirmed
- LocationView on map
- Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia
- Category
- Knife attacks
- Injury information
- Mixed injury outcomes reported
- Confirmed injured persons
- 2
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