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Chronological overview of published knife attacks, knife threats, and cases of robbery or extortion involving a knife in Germany.
5388 cases in total
Three masked offenders demanded cash from a petrol station employee in Bad Langensalza while displaying a knife. The woman was slightly injured and the offenders fled without loot.
A child was threatened with a knife by someone from a group in Salzgitter-Lebenstedt. The three young people fled on bicycles after police were said to be called.
During a suspected attempted robbery in Idar-Oberstein, one man was seriously injured by knife wounds and his companion was lightly injured with a baton. Three suspects fled.
A man allegedly threatened police officers in Zwickau with a machete during an operation. A special police unit took him into custody after the area had been cordoned off for several hours.
Three masked offenders robbed a petrol station in Wuppertal. One threatened the cashier with a knife and demanded that she open the till.
A 55-year-old died after suffering multiple stab wounds at accommodation in Hamburg-Billbrook. A 32-year-old was provisionally detained.
A 31-year-old man was allegedly injured on the jaw with a knife and then robbed in Frankfurt's Ostpark.
Following an argument at a bar on Borkum, a man threatened another man with a kitchen knife. Police took him into custody.
A 38-year-old man was seriously injured in a knife attack at worker accommodation in Elsdorf. A 32-year-old suspect was provisionally arrested and later released.
A man is accused of hitting his former partner and threatening her while displaying a knife in Offenburg. Witnesses held him until police arrived.
A masked man allegedly threatened a petrol station employee in Florstadt with a knife and took cash from the register.
A 31-year-old man sustained a stab injury after an altercation near a Dortmund nightclub. His life was temporarily in danger.
A 43-year-old man was attacked by two unidentified people and suffered a superficial cut in Petershagen-Friedewalde.
Two unknown men allegedly robbed a kiosk in Augsburg. One threatened the cashier with a knife and took cash.
A vendor was punched and threatened with a knife while walking home from Gera's Christmas market. She handed over cash to the offender.
A 43-year-old suspect is alleged to have inflicted serious stab injuries on a 47-year-old man after an altercation in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.
A man threatened a woman in Aschaffenburg while holding a knife. Police provisionally detained him.
An unidentified man seriously injured a 21-year-old with a stabbing weapon during an altercation at Essen Central Station and fled.
Two brothers allegedly threatened a couple with a knife at a petrol station in Lüneburg. Police recovered a switchblade from them.
A 27-year-old man is suspected of attacking two men with a knife at a bar in Pforzheim. Both sustained minor injuries, and the suspect is in pre-trial detention.
