Attempted robbery at petrol station in Bretzfeld
A masked man demanded money while displaying a small kitchen knife at a petrol station in Bretzfeld. An employee confronted him with pepper spray, and he fled.
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A masked man demanded money while displaying a small kitchen knife at a petrol station in Bretzfeld. An employee confronted him with pepper spray, and he fled.
A 42-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a 25-year-old man with a machete during an alleged robbery in Berlin. Police arrested the suspect.
After allegedly stealing cigarettes from a discount store in Dormagen, a teenager is said to have threatened an employee with a folding knife and demanded the goods back.
A 22-year-old allegedly injured a police officer in the upper arm with a knife during an operation in Leverkusen-Wiesdorf. The suspect remains at large.
Following a dispute in and outside a pub in Kassel, a man allegedly injured a 43-year-old man's hand with a knife. The victim was taken to hospital and the assailant fled.
A 27-year-old was found with two stab injuries to the thigh in Frankfurt-Preungesheim on Monday morning and taken to hospital.
An 18-year-old man was injured when a knife was used during a confrontation between two groups at St. Wendel central station. He was not in danger of dying.
A man allegedly threatened witnesses with a knife in Duisburg after they confronted him about suspicious behaviour. Police provisionally detained him.
A 67-year-old man allegedly inflicted life-threatening knife injuries on his 57-year-old partner during a dispute in Meckenheim. He was arrested.
A 35-year-old man allegedly threatened a teenager with a knife on a train near Bad Homburg on 26 July. He was later arrested.
After cash was stolen from an ATM in Bremen, one of two fleeing men threatened a 51-year-old man with a knife.
Two men were injured with knives during an altercation outside a shopping centre in Berlin-Gesundbrunnen, police said. Four suspects were provisionally detained.
Two armed assailants are alleged to have entered an apartment in Pirmasens and attacked a man. The victim and one of the suspects were injured.
Following a dispute in Bad Nauheim, a woman is alleged to have injured her partner with a knife. A detention order was issued on suspicion of attempted homicide.
Two men allegedly threatened a 41-year-old man with a knife and robbed him of cash during a planned drug purchase in Bielefeld. One of the men then sprayed pepper spray into his face.
Two masked offenders allegedly threatened a vendor at a strawberry stand in Bielefeld with a knife and stole cash. They fled in a small car.
A 24-year-old man allegedly attacked a 21-year-old with a machete in Arnstadt. The intended victim was not struck.
Police reported knife and glass-bottle threats as well as an assault during a dispute at Gotthilf-Hagen-Platz in Wilhelmshaven.
A man allegedly threatened a victim with a knife in Damme before lightly injuring the victim with a club.
A 21-year-old suspect allegedly attacked special forces in Berlin with a stabbing weapon and was subsequently fatally injured.