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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 51-year-old man suffered a life-threatening injury apparently caused by a stabbing in Duisburg. A 37-year-old man was arrested and remanded in custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter.
An unidentified man allegedly attacked and slightly injured a 25-year-old man with a knife in Winnenden.
Three unknown men threatened a 33-year-old man with a pointed weapon in Essen and took his wristwatch.
During a dispute in a Fürth apartment, a teenager allegedly threatened a young man with a kitchen knife. The teenager later fell from a window while trying to flee and suffered serious injuries.
A teenager was injured in the back with a knife during an altercation at Rüsselsheim market square. The suspected attacker fled.
A man allegedly demanded cash from a cleaner at a Regensburg accommodation facility while displaying a knife.
A man is alleged to have threatened passengers on trains near Kreuzstraße with a kitchen knife. He was arrested and later placed in psychiatric care.
A 59-year-old man was found dead in a residential building in Berlin-Marzahn. His minor son is suspected of killing him with a stabbing instrument.
A 40-year-old suspect has been remanded in custody after a folding-knife robbery near Wellheim. He is accused of threatening and robbing a man.
Four unidentified men allegedly threatened a 21-year-old man with a knife at the market square in Lutherstadt Wittenberg and took cash from his wallet.
A masked offender robbed a petrol station in Menden at knifepoint on 31 January, taking cash and cigarettes. The offender fled unidentified.
A 19-year-old man suffered two stab wounds to the leg during an altercation in Mörfelden-Walldorf.
A man is alleged to have racially abused several construction workers in Dresden, struck one worker and threatened others with a knife. The workers restrained him until police arrived.
Two masked men allegedly demanded money from a shop worker in Bremen-Osterholz while displaying a knife and a firearm. They fled without taking anything.
A man allegedly threatened a 23-year-old in Limburg with three companions present and displayed a knife. The group had left before police arrived.
An unidentified man allegedly pushed a 71-year-old woman to the ground in Oldenburg and demanded money while displaying a knife. The woman suffered a rib bruise and the suspect fled empty-handed.
A 25-year-old man in Giessen apparently suffered stab wounds and life-threatening injuries. A 26-year-old suspect was arrested.
A 23-year-old man sustained stab wounds to his arm and abdomen after an argument outside a bar in Berlin-Friedrichshain. He was admitted to hospital and was not in life-threatening danger.
A man allegedly injured a 27-year-old with a knife at Leipzig Central Station in late January. Police later arrested the suspect in Chemnitz.
At a primary school in Hasborn, a child is alleged to have threatened to injure another child with a knife. No dangerous objects were found.
