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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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Two unidentified suspects allegedly pulled a sleeping van driver from his vehicle at an A2 service area near Bielefeld, threatened him with a knife and robbed him. They fled with his wallet and jacket.
According to the current findings, a man approached police officers with a knife during an operation in Herne. Police used firearms, and the man died at the scene.
A 45-year-old man allegedly briefly threatened police officers with a knife inside a company building in Riesa. He was arrested.
A 54-year-old man was seriously injured after being attacked with a pointed object in a parking lot in Rösrath-Hoffnungsthal following a restaurant visit. The attacker remains at large.
A resident was threatened with a knife during a dispute at accommodation for asylum seekers in Mutterstadt. Two suspects and three other residents sustained minor injuries.
A 27-year-old pedestrian was reportedly seriously injured with a knife in Kirchheim/Teck. The unidentified attacker fled.
During a dispute involving eight people in Aulendorf, a woman is alleged to have held a knife threateningly towards other participants. Nobody was injured.
Several people injured each other with a knife during an altercation on Rheinstraße in Wilhelmshaven. Police said the injuries were superficial.
A 44-year-old man suffered multiple life-threatening stab wounds during a dispute outside a kiosk in Essen. A 41-year-old suspect was provisionally detained.
A suspected shoplifter allegedly threatened an employee at a store in Essen with a stabbing weapon before fleeing.
A man allegedly sexually harassed a minor on a rail-replacement bus and then threatened her with a kitchen knife. Federal police arrested the suspect and seized a knife.
In Vogt, a woman is alleged to have injured her husband in the neck with a kitchen knife during a marital dispute. She has been remanded in custody.
A 43-year-old man died after severe stab wounds in Legden. A detention order on suspicion of manslaughter was issued against a 30-year-old accused man.
A 45-year-old woman was seriously injured after her separated husband allegedly attacked her with a knife in Niederkrüchten-Brempt on Saturday evening, police said.
During an argument in a Nagold supermarket, a man allegedly made stabbing motions with a knife toward another man. Pepper spray slightly injured at least six customers, and two police officers were also slightly injured during the arrest.
A teenager was reportedly surrounded by a group of unknown men in Kassel and forced to hand over his wallet after being threatened with, among other weapons, a knife.
A masked man reportedly threatened an employee with a knife at a gaming arcade in Hagen am Teutoburger Wald and took cash.
Following a joint robbery in Wolfenbüttel, three men are alleged to have attacked a 74-year-old man. Police said he defended himself with a knife; all three suspects were injured and remanded in custody.
A man is alleged to have used a knife to rob a woman of money and lightly injure her in a Dortmund apartment. The suspect was later arrested.
Two unidentified men allegedly harassed, insulted and struck a teenager on a replacement bus in Dresden. One of the men waved a knife during the incident.
