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Chronological overview of published knife attacks, knife threats, and cases of robbery or extortion involving a knife in Germany.
5315 cases in total
A 32-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a 39-year-old man with a knife and an axe after a dispute at Bad Wildbad station. Two people were provisionally detained, and nobody was injured.
At a discount store in Schwarzenbek, a man is alleged to have demanded cash while displaying an object suspected to be a stabbing weapon before fleeing with the proceeds.
Two men are suspected of injuring a 38-year-old man with a knife and stealing his mobile phone in Cologne.
An unidentified man threatened a cashier with a knife at a discount store in Haldensleben and stole cash. He fled without being identified.
A 36-year-old moped rider threatened police officers with a knife during a traffic check in Siegen. Three officers were injured in the subsequent physical attack.
A 34-year-old man is alleged to have threatened his 43-year-old wife with a knife in a car. Bystanders restrained him, and a judge issued a detention order.
A man was reportedly seriously injured with a knife during an altercation at Berliner Platz in Rüsselsheim. The suspect fled.
A 43-year-old man is accused of stabbing his wife several times in Pirmasens. The 52-year-old woman died, and the suspect was remanded in custody.
An unknown man allegedly assaulted a 28-year-old man outside a bar in Oelde and then showed him a knife. Police are seeking the suspect.
A 38-year-old man is alleged to have threatened a taxi driver with a knife and stolen his taxi in Bergisch Gladbach. Earlier, a woman was slightly injured in an attack involving a pointed object.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened an employee with a knife outside a betting shop in Bielefeld and stole cash.
A 23-year-old man is alleged to have attacked and injured a tram driver with a pointed object at Löwen-Markt stop. Police arrested him.
A 24-year-old man allegedly threatened a group of four women with the use of a knife on a train journey to Hamm.
Following an altercation involving several people at a nightclub in Halle (Saale), a 19-year-old man received outpatient treatment for stab wounds. The suspect is unknown.
An unknown man allegedly demanded money at a kiosk in Diepholz while displaying a knife. The kiosk owner did not hand over money, and the offender fled without any loot.
A 21-year-old man was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the torso after an altercation on Danziger Straße in Berlin's Prenzlauer Berg district. The other participant fled by car.
Following a dispute at a birthday party in Wuppertal, a teenager is alleged to have injured another teenager with a knife. The suspect was provisionally arrested after a search.
Three unknown individuals allegedly attacked a 21-year-old man in Mechernich. One of them inflicted a cut to his abdomen with a pointed object.
A man allegedly threatened passers-by with a knife at the bus station in Landau. Police provisionally detained him and seized the knife.
A 61-year-old man was injured in the torso with a knife at shared accommodation in Berlin-Lichterfelde and underwent emergency surgery. A 69-year-old suspect was arrested as investigators examine suspected attempted homicide.
