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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The victim of an attempted homicide in Paderborn, initially suffering life-threatening injuries, is out of danger after emergency surgery. A minor suspect was taken to a secure psychiatric clinic.
Two men were reportedly injured during an altercation involving several men in Rödermark. Investigators believe a knife may have been used.
A 22-year-old man is suspected of demanding money from a 20-year-old in Überlingen while displaying a bladed weapon. He is in pre-trial detention on suspicion of aggravated robbery.
Following an argument in Itzehoe, two men allegedly threatened a man with a large knife and a sword.
A minor is alleged to have attacked and critically injured a 24-year-old care worker with a sharp object at a psychiatric clinic in Paderborn.
During a dispute at an allotment garden in Sinsheim, a man allegedly threatened another man with a knife. Both men sustained minor injuries in the ensuing scuffle.
During a dispute in Weißwasser, a man held a knife in his hand. The other man retreated to his vehicle, whose rear window was later damaged.
A man was left with life-threatening injuries after a knife stabbing during a dispute at a municipal accommodation facility in Reichshof. A suspect was provisionally detained.
A man allegedly threatened a group at a lake in Leuna and tried to attack them with a knife. Nobody was injured.
Two men were reportedly lightly injured by a knife in Hagen during the night of 16 August.
After a dispute on Kaufmännerstraße in Erfurt, one man allegedly tried to strike the other with a machete. Both men fled before police arrived.
A 36-year-old man is alleged to have struck a 37-year-old man in Aalen before attacking him several times with a knife. Police said the knife attack was unsuccessful.
A 22-year-old man was allegedly injured in the arm with a utility knife during an attempted robbery in Frankfurt's Gallusanlage. Police arrested the suspected offender.
During an altercation between two youth groups in Reinhardshagen, a teenager suffered stab wounds and serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
During a police operation in Griesheim, a 29-year-old man is alleged to have thrown objects and knives at officers. After specialist officers were deployed, he was provisionally detained and taken to hospital with minor injuries.
In an attempted homicide at Helmut-Haller-Platz in Augsburg, two people were injured with a knife and another man was slightly injured by a thrown bottle.
A patient allegedly injured another patient in the neck with a knife at a clinic in Regensburg. The victim was in life-threatening condition.
Following an argument, a man allegedly threatened his neighbour with a knife in Groß-Umstadt. Police provisionally detained him.
A man allegedly threatened a housemate with a kitchen knife during a dispute in Grünwald and lightly injured his hand.
A man is alleged to have threatened federal police officers with a knife at Bielefeld central station. No knife was found during a search.
