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Chronological overview of published knife attacks, knife threats, and cases of robbery or extortion involving a knife in Germany.
6070 cases in total
During a dispute in an apartment building in Halle-Neustadt, a man allegedly attacked a 20-year-old with a knife. The injured man required emergency surgery, and temporary placement was ordered for the suspect.
Following an argument at Leopoldplatz in Pforzheim, a 29-year-old man is alleged to have shown his opponent a knife and an axe. Police provisionally detained him shortly afterwards.
A 27-year-old man allegedly threatened passers-by with a kitchen knife and damaged several car tyres in Lüneburg. Emergency personnel restrained him, and no one was injured.
A man allegedly tried to injure a police officer with a knife in Nuremberg. The officer sustained a minor contusion, and the suspect was arrested.
Two masked offenders armed with a knife allegedly intercepted two employees in Mittelangeln after closing time. The offenders fled after the women refused to let them into the store.
A man allegedly threatened two teenagers with a knife at Dortmund-Aplerbeck station and demanded a backpack. He was later arrested and remanded in custody.
An unknown man is alleged to have threatened two employees of Fulda district's registration office with a knife.
A 28-year-old man is suspected of attacking three family members with a knife in Böhl-Iggelheim. His mother died, while his sister suffered minor injuries and his brother was seriously injured.
Two unidentified minors allegedly attacked a minor at a Gelsenkirchen bus stop, demanded headphones and threatened an attack with a stick or an unconfirmed stabbing or cutting instrument.
A 34-year-old man is alleged to have threatened police officers with a kitchen knife in the Klett Passage.
At an accommodation facility for refugees in Berlin-Buch, a resident is alleged to have injured a security worker with a stabbing or cutting instrument.
After an argument in Weimar, a man threatened a group of three men with a knife. The unidentified man left before police arrived.
A man is alleged to have made stabbing motions with a knife towards one man and assaulted two others at Würzburg Central Station. Three men suffered minor injuries, and the suspect has been remanded in custody.
A teenager attacked a fellow pupil with a knife at a school in Bretten on Monday morning, causing superficial injuries. He was arrested after fleeing.
Two teenage suspects allegedly threatened a schoolgirl with a knife and injured her hand at Rathaus Spandau underground station.
Two men were found with serious stab wounds after an altercation in central Gera. Criminal police are investigating attempted homicide.
A man allegedly injured another man with a pointed object at Eichenberg station. The suspect was later arrested on a train.
Following a dispute at worker accommodation in Heroldstatt, a 46-year-old man is alleged to have attacked a 37-year-old man with a kitchen knife. The victim sustained superficial cuts, and the suspect was remanded in custody.
Two men were injured in an altercation in central Aschaffenburg, during which one allegedly used a pointed object against the other.
Two people were injured during an altercation at refugee accommodation in Roßhaupten. A man was allegedly injured with a pointed object.
