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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
Following a dispute at a house in Hessisch Lichtenau, a 29-year-old man allegedly injured a fellow resident with a knife. Criminal police are investigating on suspicion of attempted homicide and dangerous bodily harm.
Four people were slightly injured in a dispute between two families in Bielefeld. Police said three of them suffered injuries from a knife.
A man was reportedly injured with a knife during an altercation at a house in Gotha. Police are investigating a minor and a 19-year-old.
A man is alleged to have threatened an authorised person with a knife inside a vacant building in Luckenwalde. A detention warrant was issued against the 34-year-old.
A 71-year-old postal worker in Schleswig was threatened with a knife and forced to hand over his bank card, PIN and other items. He suffered a leg fracture.
A passenger allegedly threatened train staff and a fellow traveller who intervened with a can opener on a regional train near Osterweddingen. Federal police located him after he left the train.
An 80-year-old was found dead in Refrath on 18 October. A 44-year-old is suspected of killing him with multiple stab wounds.
During a dispute at Münster's Mittelhafen harbour, a man allegedly lightly injured an 18-year-old with a knife.
A man allegedly demanded cash and a mobile phone at Celle shooting range grounds while apparently using what was thought to be a knife. The 26-year-old victim escaped.
A group allegedly threatened a teenager with a knife and stole 40 euros near the Feudenheimer Kirche stop. The suspects fled.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a taxi driver in Bochum with a knife and demanded cash. He fled without taking anything.
A 67-year-old walker was allegedly threatened by an unknown man carrying a bread knife in Rheinbrohl.
A 36-year-old man is reported to have threatened police officers in Wangen im Allgäu with using a knife. He was taken into custody and nobody was injured.
A man allegedly threatened his neighbour and later responding police officers with a knife in Albersweiler.
A man allegedly threatened an unknown person with a knife in Neu-Ulm on Saturday afternoon. Two police officers were slightly injured while restraining him.
Dortmund police reported a knife threat in the city centre on 17 October.
A 43-year-old man was found dead with stab wounds in a flat in Flensburg. A suspect was arrested and remanded in custody.
A man is alleged to have struck and injured a bus driver in Weilburg before threatening him with a knife. He allegedly stabbed toward the driver but did not injure him with the knife.
A minor allegedly threatened another minor with a knife and slapped him at Limburg Oktoberfest. Police are investigating.
Several unidentified people allegedly surrounded, threatened a teenager with a knife and robbed him near Heppenheim railway station.
