Latest
Chronological overview of published knife attacks, knife threats, and cases of robbery or extortion involving a knife in Germany.
5307 cases in total
In Weißwasser, an unknown suspect allegedly demanded that a shop employee empty the cash register while threatening her with a knife. He abandoned the attempt and fled without taking anything when other people entered the sales area.
Four young men are alleged to have threatened a teenager with a switchblade in Tuttlingen and demanded his mobile phone. The teenager sustained a minor injury.
A woman was allegedly subjected to xenophobic insults and threatened with stabbing motions made with a knife in a supermarket car park in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The suspect was arrested, and police seized the knife.
Several men allegedly threatened a 32-year-old man in Hagen's Volkspark and demanded his bicycle. One offender threatened to stab him, but no knife was seen.
During a petrol station robbery in Minden, an unknown man threatened an 18-year-old employee with a knife. The employee sustained a minor injury and the offender fled with cash.
Following an argument in Pirmasens pedestrian zone, a man allegedly threatened his opponent with a kitchen knife. Police later took him into custody.
In a shop in Mainz's old town, a teenager is alleged to have held a knife and sprayed pepper spray during a confrontation with a store detective. The detective was not injured.
Several people allegedly attacked a 19-year-old at Cottbusser Platz in Berlin-Hellersdorf and left him with multiple stab wounds. He was admitted to hospital after emergency surgery.
A teenager was allegedly threatened with a knife-like object during an altercation in Maintal.
A man allegedly threatened a passer-by with a long knife in Laubach's Schloßpark. The man was injured in the leg during a subsequent police operation.
A 24-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a 53-year-old woman with a knife, assaulted her and demanded cash in a Rostock flat. The woman suffered minor injuries, and a detention order was issued against the suspect.
A man allegedly threatened people with a machete in Schwäbisch Gmünd. Police provisionally detained him.
An unknown man allegedly threatened a betting-shop employee with a knife and demanded cash in Frankfurt.
A minor was injured in the head with a knife during an altercation in Freudenstadt. A 28-year-old suspect was remanded in custody.
A man is alleged to have kicked a passer-by in Isny and then threatened him with a utility knife. Police arrested the suspect.
Two masked offenders threatened a couple with a knife by the Rhine in Königswinter, searched them for valuables and fled with keys and headphones.
A 45-year-old man allegedly threatened an 80-year-old man with a knife and made stabbing motions at Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt station.
During an altercation between two groups at Salzgrafenplatz in Halle, three suspects threatened their opponents with knives and pepper spray. One man was punched and slightly injured.
A teenager was slightly injured during a confrontation with three youths in a Düren park on 9 June. Police said the blade of a knife touched his leg.
A teenager observed a suspected e-scooter theft in Braunschweig. When he addressed the man, the man had a knife-like object in his hand.
