Youth robbery group threatens victims with knife in Cologne
A group of five suspected youths allegedly threatened and robbed several young people with a knife in Beethovenpark in Cologne-Sülz.
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A group of five suspected youths allegedly threatened and robbed several young people with a knife in Beethovenpark in Cologne-Sülz.
Two masked men allegedly threatened two kiosk operators in Düsseldorf with a machete and stole the cash register. One woman sustained minor injuries.
A 56-year-old man threatened police officers with a knife during an operation in Goch.
An agitated patient allegedly approached police officers with scissors at a hospital in Offenbach. Officers used a conducted energy device and took the scissors away.
In Wipperfürth, a woman is alleged to have inflicted a fatal stabbing injury on her husband. Police arrested the suspect.
Following an argument, a man threatened three people with a knife at a restaurant in Weilburg and swung it in their direction.
Two unknown men allegedly tried to rob a 38-year-old woman of her bicycle in Kelheim. She sustained minor injuries from a pointed object.
A masked man allegedly held a kitchen knife in front of an employee at a jewellery shop in Kleve and stole jewellery.
A masked man entered a supermarket in Solingen carrying a knife. After employees retreated, he unsuccessfully tried to open a cash drawer and fled.
Two men were injured by multiple knife stabs at an accommodation facility in Hamburg-Sülldorf. A 20-year-old suspect was provisionally arrested.
Two men are alleged to have robbed a 67-year-old woman in Staufenberg, threatened her with a knife and a gun, and stolen her car.
During a dispute between two residents at accommodation in Baden-Baden, a 38-year-old man picked up a kitchen knife. His 31-year-old neighbour then lightly injured him with a pot.
A 34-year-old man allegedly threatened police officers at an accommodation facility in Eschweiler, including by threatening to use a knife. Special police units later arrested him.
A 26-year-old allegedly injured three railway staff members with a machete on a regional train near Überlingen. The staff overpowered him, and he was admitted to a psychiatric facility.
A 58-year-old man is alleged to have injured a neighbour in the arm with a knife in Ebstorf. Investigators say he had previously caused a fire in his apartment.
A man is alleged to have threatened students with gestures and a knife on the grounds of an educational facility in Munich. Police arrested him.
Following a dispute at Willy-Brandt-Platz, a man is alleged to have threatened several people with a knife.
A 57-year-old man allegedly threatened a 55-year-old hospital employee with a knife at Theodor-Stein-Kai. Police arrested him and opened an investigation.
Three unidentified suspects allegedly robbed a woman of her handbag at a Wiesbaden bus stop while displaying a knife.
A man threatened a cashier with a kitchen knife and demanded cash at a supermarket in Mainz. He was arrested shortly afterwards, and nobody was injured.