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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
A 25-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a cashier with a knife and taken cash from a petrol station in Lauffen. He was disarmed after fleeing, detained and remanded in custody.
A 21-year-old man was found with a stab wound in Bottrop and taken to hospital with serious injuries. A life-threatening condition could not be ruled out, and a homicide investigation unit is investigating.
During an altercation on Adalbertsteinweg in Aachen, one of three attackers reportedly held a knife, witnesses said. Three men sustained minor injuries and the attackers fled.
Following a neighbour dispute in Herdecke, a man is alleged to have stabbed his neighbour. The victim was taken to hospital and is not in danger of death.
A man allegedly intimidated several children with a knife at a playground in Peine. Police seized the knife, and no one was injured.
A 58-year-old man is suspected of fatally injuring his mother with a knife in her Reutlingen apartment. Five police officers suffered minor injuries during his arrest.
In Otter, a man ran towards police officers while holding a knife. He was injured after police fired shots and was taken to hospital.
A man carrying a knife was shot in the leg and provisionally detained by police after a threatening situation in Hamburg-Farmsen-Berne.
After an altercation at the Bad Kreuznach fair, a man drew a folding knife and turned towards police officers with it. Two officers were slightly injured during his arrest.
A 68-year-old man allegedly threatened a neighbour with a knife in Kulmbach. No one was injured.
A 32-year-old man allegedly threatened neighbours with a knife in Breuberg. Police arrested him and he was later taken to a specialist clinic.
In Potsdam-Drewitz, a 29-year-old relative of a man who was later injured reportedly threatened three men with a kitchen knife. The 23-year-old was then attacked by the three men with pepper spray and punches.
A woman was injured with a knife during a dispute in Heilbronn-Böckingen. Her son was placed in a psychiatric clinic under a detention order.
An unidentified man allegedly injured an 18-year-old man in Büdingen with what may have been a knife during an attempted phone robbery.
Three unidentified men allegedly demanded €12,000 from a woman in Twistringen while displaying a switchblade.
A man allegedly threatened a teenager with a pocket knife at Stuttgart Central Station. The teenager fled, and the knife was seized.
After a failed theft attempt at a discount store in Ebsdorfergrund, a man allegedly threatened an employee with a knife as she pursued him.
A resident of an apartment building allegedly threatened his landlord in Jena with two knives. Police arrested the man, and nobody was injured.
A 36-year-old woman was found dead with multiple knife wounds in Lippstadt. Her 33-year-old partner was provisionally detained.
A 20-year-old man was seriously injured by knife wounds during an altercation at a kiosk in Bremen-Gröpelingen. Another man suffered bruising.
