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Chronological overview of published knife attacks, knife threats, and cases of robbery or extortion involving a knife in Germany.
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An 18-year-old sustained several serious knife-stab injuries following a confrontation within a larger group in Bremen’s Steintor district. Police are seeking witnesses; his life was not in danger.
In Düsseldorf, a passenger held a knife to a ride-service driver's neck and demanded cash. He and a second man fled with the money; the initial search was unsuccessful.
A 44-year-old man is suspected of seriously injuring his former wife with a cutter knife in Wendlingen. She underwent emergency surgery, and he was remanded in custody.
In Stuttgart, one of three unknown assailants threatened a 33-year-old man with a folding knife. The other two took his belongings before the group fled.
In Hildesheim, a 43-year-old man allegedly attacked a 27-year-old with a knife after a dispute. The seriously injured man underwent emergency surgery, and the suspect was provisionally detained.
A 35-year-old man allegedly showed a woman a kitchen knife and threatened her in a Lübeck supermarket car park. She and her husband were unharmed; police took the man into custody.
A 45-year-old woman died in Wadern-Lockweiler on 24 September. An arrested 19-year-old is strongly suspected of stabbing her to death; the instrument was not specified.
In Frankfurt am Main, a 62-year-old man allegedly drew a knife after a 46-year-old man refused his request for a cigarette. He received a cigarette and was later arrested.
After their cars' side mirrors collided in Kressbronn am Bodensee, a 23-year-old driver allegedly injured a 52-year-old woman with a knife. He then gave her first aid and was arrested.
A woman sustained cuts to her hand during a dispute with her partner in Rieden. Police provisionally detained the man after he fled.
A masked man threatened a cashier with a knife at a petrol station in Moers and took cash and cigarettes. He fled, and police are seeking information.
An unknown man allegedly threatened a 22-year-old with a knife in Graben-Neudorf and caused superficial arm injuries after he refused to hand over money and his phone. The attacker fled empty-handed.
A 36-year-old woman died from stab wounds at an accommodation facility in Coesfeld. Police arrested her 43-year-old estranged husband as a suspect.
After a dispute in a Neu-Isenburg hotel room, a 33-year-old man allegedly injured another guest with a knife. A witness who came to help also suffered superficial injuries.
A 33-year-old allegedly drew a knife and threatened staff in a Rostock supermarket in Schmarl despite a ban; officers later found him without the knife and took him into custody.
A 56-year-old man showed a knife to children at the station square in Bernau. The children left, and he is under investigation on suspicion of making threats.
Several suspects believed to be teenagers allegedly threatened a 66-year-old man in a Leipzig-Volkmarsdorf park with a sharp object and robbed him of cash and a phone.
A knife was used in a dispute between two men in a Marburg car park on Gisselberger Straße; both suffered minor injuries, but police have not established whether the knife caused them.
A man allegedly threatened an Ingolstadt supermarket employee with a closed pocketknife, then made stabbing motions at two store detectives with the knife open; neither was hurt.
During a dispute in Hagen im Bremischen, a 54-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 32-year-old man several times with a kitchen knife. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries, and a court ordered the suspect held in pre-trial detention.
