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 used a knife to force a 39-year-old to hand over property at Dortmund's Nordmarkt and slightly injured him. The suspect was arrested and remanded in custody.
During a dispute involving several people known to one another in Halle, a man allegedly made threats with knives. Police seized two prohibited knives from him.
During an altercation in Charlottenburg, one man is suspected of inflicting multiple stab wounds on another. Two men were injured and taken to hospital.
An unidentified woman allegedly threatened an employee with a knife and demanded cash at a shop in Obernkirchen. She fled without money, and the employee was unharmed.
A man armed with sheep shears approached police officers in Herne. Officers overpowered him and nobody was injured.
Following an argument, a 19-year-old man is alleged to have critically injured a 39-year-old man with a knife at accommodation in Witten before fleeing.
A 50-year-old man allegedly threatened a 27-year-old man with a kitchen knife in Augsburg. No one was injured.
A 36-year-old man was injured in the eye in a knife attack in Berlin-Kreuzberg. Three suspects fled.
An 18-year-old was critically injured with a knife at a petrol station in Berlin-Mariendorf. Two companions were hurt by shattered car windows.
A man suffered a stab injury to the arm during a robbery on Roonstraße in Trier and then handed over his wallet. The unidentified perpetrator fled.
A 25-year-old cyclist is alleged to have lightly injured a teenager's hand with a knife in Langen.
A 37-year-old man allegedly threatened people with a knife in Sebnitz. Officers later subdued him at his home; nobody was injured.
An 18-year-old was seriously injured by multiple knife wounds at a gathering in Hamburg-Langenhorn. A teenager was arrested and remanded in custody.
A 62-year-old man was allegedly injured in the face and leg with a knife during a dispute in Bremen-Vegesack. Police are searching for the 49-year-old suspect.
Two men are alleged to have attacked a resident at an accommodation facility in Offenburg. One of them is alleged to have injured the man with a kitchen knife.
A man was allegedly threatened with a knife in Berlin's Südpark. Police arrested a suspect and seized the knife.
Several people were injured with knives during a family dispute in Dortmund. Three suspects were remanded in custody on suspicion of attempted manslaughter.
A 61-year-old man allegedly stabbed at a young man with a knife after an argument in Freital. The attack missed its target.
Four men are alleged to have robbed a 56-year-old man in Bremen-Gröpelingen and attacked him with a knife and a bottle.
A 22-year-old student died after a knife attack in Trier. A 22-year-old suspect was provisionally detained and placed in temporary psychiatric custody.
