Map of Germany
The map of Germany locates published knife attacks, knife threats, and robbery or extortion cases involving a knife. Each point represents one documented case; locations remain limited to an approximate area to protect the people affected.
Period, federal state, case type, injury outcome and place together determine which published cases appear.
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A man is alleged to have opened a pocketknife on a Hamburg suburban train and made cutting and stabbing motions near passengers. Security staff held him until federal police arrived.
A group of about seven young men allegedly assaulted a 24-year-old man in Itzehoe, injured him with a knife and stole his mobile phone.
A man allegedly threatened a person in central Lübeck while carrying a knife. Police seized several dangerous objects.
A masked man threatened a petrol station employee in Munich with a knife and stole cash. The employee was uninjured, and the suspect remains at large.
A 35-year-old man was injured with a bladed weapon during an attempted robbery in Ludwigshafen's Josef-Queva Park.
Two armed suspects allegedly robbed a kiosk in Dortmund and seriously injured its 37-year-old operator with a machete. Both suspects were found nearby.
A 36-year-old man is alleged to have critically injured a 21-year-old with a knife following an argument in Mainhardt. He was arrested and remanded in custody.
A 40-year-old man was seriously injured with a knife during an argument in an apartment in Ravensburg. Police are investigating his 42-year-old roommate.
A 38-year-old woman was seriously injured with a stab wound during a domestic dispute in Steinbach. A 36-year-old suspect also injured two police officers during his arrest.
Five young men allegedly attacked and slightly injured a 24-year-old man in Ratingen and threatened him with a knife.
Three unidentified men allegedly attacked an 18-year-old at Elsenfeld station, where one of them displayed a knife.
A 36-year-old man was allegedly critically injured with a machete at a Mannheim tram stop.
A 36-year-old man sustained life-threatening cut and stab injuries during an altercation in Mannheim. A 32-year-old suspect was provisionally detained.
Several young adults were injured during a confrontation at Herford bus station. Suspects reportedly used pepper spray and pointed objects.
A man sustained a serious stab injury during an altercation near a shopping centre in Traunstein. Other people suffered minor injuries.
Following an argument at accommodation for refugees in Algermissen, a 36-year-old resident is alleged to have lightly injured another resident with a box cutter and attacked a security employee.
Two students were threatened by a man during an outing in Oerlinghausen; police said he allegedly displayed a knife.
An unidentified offender threatened a petrol station employee in Vechelde with a knife and stole cash and consumer goods. The victim was not physically injured.
During an argument on a footpath in Celle, a man allegedly showed a knife to a dog owner. Nobody was injured, and the man fled before police arrived.
An unidentified man threatened an employee with a knife at a supermarket in Hamburg-Marienthal and stole cash.
