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 53-year-old man allegedly tried to use a knife against his estranged wife at a Duisburg venue. The woman and her daughter were uninjured, and the man was remanded on suspicion of attempted murder.
A 40-year-old man is accused of attacking and slightly injuring his former partner and a neighbour with a knife in Reutlingen. He has been remanded in custody.
A man allegedly threatened several people in Munich while carrying a utility knife and a shoehorn. Police provisionally detained him after the operation.
A 22-year-old man is accused of injuring an employee with a knife-like object after a theft at a specialist shop in Hanau. Police arrested him.
A 55-year-old man allegedly tried to injure a 35-year-old woman with a knife after an argument at a shisha bar in Wiesbaden. A witness intervened and police arrested the man.
During the enforcement of a court-ordered coercive measure in Bamberg, a man allegedly reached for a knife, police said. Special forces later took him into custody in his apartment.
A man is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed toward police officers with a knife in Bamberg. A detention order for placement was issued against him.
Three men were slightly injured during an altercation in central Northeim. Police said the attackers used, among other items, knives and batons.
A man was seriously injured with a knife during a dispute at Südkreuz station. A suspect was arrested at the scene.
A man allegedly threatened a customer outside a kiosk in Magdeburg with a kitchen knife. Police seized the knife.
A 30-year-old man was seriously injured with a knife during a dispute at workers' accommodation in Neu-Ulm. The suspect was remanded in custody.
A man allegedly threatened several passers-by with a knife in Lingen city centre on Wednesday morning. Police later arrested him.
A man allegedly threatened a 21-year-old in Potsdam with an open butterfly knife and asked about valuables. Police provisionally detained the suspect.
An unidentified man allegedly threatened a 27-year-old passenger with a knife on a suburban train and demanded a mobile phone. The passenger was uninjured and the offender fled without any property.
Following an argument at workers' accommodation in Neu-Ulm, a man is suspected of seriously injuring another man with a knife. The suspect has been remanded in custody.
A 50-year-old man is suspected of threatening a 30-year-old with a knife after an argument in Augsburg. Police seized the knife.
Three men are alleged to have threatened a 27-year-old cyclist in Dresden with a knife-like object and robbed him of his wallet.
An unknown offender threatened a petrol-station employee near Limburg with a knife and stole cash and cigarettes.
A knife was allegedly used to threaten people during a confrontation between two groups in Wuppertal.
After a dispute in Bad Nauheim, a 23-year-old man is accused of threatening an 18-year-old with a knife. Both men were arrested, and the 18-year-old was remanded in custody.
