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Knife attacks in Wesel 2026
For Wesel, 2 published cases are documented in the 2026 calendar year. They comprise 1 knife attacks, 0 knife threats, and 1 robberies or extortion cases involving a knife.
Annual comparison for this city
Data through 2026-09-22
- 2026
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| Month | 2026 |
|---|---|
| April | 1 |
| September (partial) | 1 |
Cases by type
- Knife attack1
- Knife threat0
- Robbery or extortion1
Reported injury outcomes
- Serious injury1
- Not known1
Context for Wesel
- A knife attack accounts for the largest share of documented cases at 50.0%.
- Wesel accounts for 0.4% of published cases in North Rhine-Westphalia.
2 results
Latest cases in Wesel
- Knife attack
Man seriously injured in knife attack at Wesel ice-cream café
A 34-year-old man is alleged to have seriously injured a 53-year-old man with a knife at an ice-cream café on Wesel's Großer Markt.
- Robbery/extortion
Attempted knife robbery at Wesel school
In Wesel, six unidentified people allegedly surrounded two students at a school, demanded cash and threatened them with a knife.