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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An unidentified suspect allegedly attacked a 22-year-old man at Hagenow's city railway station, threatened him with a knife and demanded his mobile phone. The suspect fled without taking anything.
An unknown man threatened a petrol station employee in Ahlhorn with a knife and took cash from the opened till. He then fled.
During a dispute in an apartment in Mainz, a 35-year-old man injured a 34-year-old resident with a knife. Police said the woman was taken to hospital and was not in life-threatening danger.
Two teenagers allegedly threatened an 81-year-old man in Münster with a knife and tried to take his bag and money. Both suspects remain at large.
A man allegedly threatened a security employee with a knife during an argument at Kiel station. He was later apprehended at the station after fleeing.
During an arrest following a petrol-station robbery, a man attacked police officers in Kiel with a knife. The officers were not injured.
A 30-year-old man attacked police officers with a knife during his arrest in Schleswig-Holstein. The officers were not injured.
During a dispute in an apartment building in Hessisch Lichtenau, a man allegedly hit a teenager and threatened him with a knife.
A 41-year-old man allegedly attacked a 33-year-old with a kitchen knife in an apartment in Klostermansfeld. The other man defended himself and nobody was injured.
A man was injured with a knife after an argument on the forecourt of Mainz central station. The unidentified suspect fled.
A 55-year-old man was seriously injured in the head with a pointed object after a dispute at a Nuremberg residence. A 35-year-old flatmate was later arrested.
A man allegedly threatened railway security staff with a pocketknife at Dortmund central station and said he would stab them. Federal police seized the knife.
A man was seriously injured by a knife stab during an argument in Gelsenkirchen. The alleged attacker was taken into custody.
A man was injured with a knife during an altercation near a bar in Vechta. Police located a suspect and secured the suspected weapon.
In Weingarten, a man is suspected of attacking his husband with a knife during an argument. The victim was slightly injured and the suspect was placed in a specialist clinic.
A 41-year-old woman was seriously injured with a stabbing weapon after an argument at Essen central station. A 36-year-old suspect was arrested, and a warrant was issued for attempted manslaughter.
An unidentified man allegedly forced a cashier at a petrol station in Bonn-Tannenbusch to hand over cash by threatening her with a knife.
A man was seriously injured with a knife at a tram stop in Bielefeld. A suspect was provisionally detained.
A 56-year-old man was fatally injured with a knife after a dispute in Kierspe. A 51-year-old man was arrested at the scene.
A man allegedly approached a car carrying a group of young men outside a nightclub in Kempten while armed with a knife and making threatening gestures.
