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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 26-year-old man is suspected of stabbing a 27-year-old acquaintance twice in the neck with a folding knife in Trier. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries, and the suspect was later arrested.
In Bayreuth, a man allegedly threatened police officers with a knife and lightly injured an officer during his arrest. A judge ordered his temporary placement in a psychiatric hospital.
A minor was allegedly threatened with a butterfly knife during a suspected robbery extortion in Arnsberg. Two minor suspects allegedly assaulted him beforehand.
A teenager is suspected of attacking a 38-year-old woman with a knife in Biberach an der Riß. The woman avoided the attack, and the suspect was remanded in custody.
A 60-year-old man is alleged to have threatened two teenagers with a pocketknife during a dispute in Wertheim.
Three suspects are alleged to have forced two teenagers in Wuppertal to hand over cash while displaying a pointed object.
A masked man threatened an employee at a bookshop in Düren station with a bread knife and stole cash.
A masked man threatened a petrol station employee in Bremen with a knife and took cash and cigarettes.
A group attacked three men in Dresden, and one suspect threatened them with a knife. Three people were injured.
An unidentified man allegedly injured a 19-year-old jogger in the face with a kitchen knife in Wetzlar after demanding his wallet.
An unidentified man threatened a 76-year-old with a knife in Wolfsburg, forced him to drive and fled with his car.
A man is suspected of critically injuring his stepson with multiple knife wounds in Herford. The suspect is in pre-trial detention.
A 37-year-old man was seriously injured during an altercation on the Main cycle path in Schonungen. Police arrested a 27-year-old man who is urgently suspected of the attack.
A 29-year-old woman is suspected of threatening a petrol station employee in Wangen im Allgäu with a knife and demanding cash. Police arrested her after she fled.
A teenager was robbed of his jacket at knifepoint in Frankfurt-Höchst. The perpetrator fled and police are investigating.
A 49-year-old sustained cut or stab wounds to his thigh after an altercation outside a bar in Berlin-Friedrichshain. A 30-year-old was arrested after allegedly discarding a knife while fleeing.
A 47-year-old man is alleged to have assaulted an 18-year-old in Cloppenburg, held a knife and robbed him of his bag.
A man was critically injured with a stabbing weapon during an intrafamily dispute at a flat in Mülheim an der Ruhr. The suspect was arrested.
Several unknown people allegedly attacked three men in Berlin-Neukölln using irritant spray and a machete. Two of the injured men received inpatient treatment.
Three unknown men are alleged to have attacked a 46-year-old man in a park in Nettetal. The man sustained a minor stab wound.
