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 masked man demanded money at knifepoint from a 66-year-old employee at a Munich petrol station on 7 October. The employee escaped and nobody was injured; a 20-year-old suspect was arrested.
A 44-year-old prisoner attacked a 48-year-old fellow inmate with a knife at Kaisheim prison on October 6. The man sustained minor cuts; police are investigating a suspected attempted homicide.
A 36-year-old man threatened police officers with a knife in Munich on 6 October. He and an officer were injured in a later fall; no knife injury was reported.
A 42-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment in Stralsund after a fire. A preliminary autopsy found that she died from multiple stab wounds; a 23-year-old suspect is in pre-trial detention.
Two men threatened an employee at a gaming arcade in Erding with a pointed object and demanded cash. They were arrested after fleeing, and both were ordered into pre-trial detention.
A 42-year-old man says he was threatened with a knife at Bonifaziusplatz in Mainz before several people beat and kicked him. He sustained injuries to his head and face.
A 53-year-old man allegedly seriously injured a 40-year-old man with a knife-like object at a commercial site on Herzbergstraße in Berlin. The suspect was arrested, and the injured man underwent emergency surgery.
An unknown man allegedly threatened a 56-year-old man in Neuss with a knife and demanded his bag of cash. The assailant fled with it on a bicycle.
A 40-year-old man allegedly drew a knife and moved towards ambulance crew members in Troisdorf. Police held him until the following morning.
A masked man threatened a petrol station employee in Munich with a knife and took cash. The employee was unhurt, and police are searching for the suspect.
During a confrontation in Wiesentheid, one of two unidentified men allegedly made stabbing motions with a knife towards a 20-year-old man. He dodged them but was slightly injured during the altercation.
In Callenberg, a 22-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 47-year-old man several times in the upper body. Police provisionally detained the suspect.
Early on 5 October in Giessen, an unidentified man allegedly threatened another man with a small knife and stole cash and jewellery. The victim was unhurt, and the robber fled.
A 47-year-old man allegedly attacked a 58-year-old woman he knew with a kitchen knife in Friedrichshafen. She was slightly injured while defending herself, and a pre-trial detention order was issued against him.
Passers-by found a 21-year-old man with serious stab wounds near a bus stop by Scheidplatz in Munich. Homicide detectives are investigating a suspected attempted killing.
Three unidentified men allegedly threatened a 77-year-old woman with a knife and restrained her in her home in Bremen-Blumenthal. They fled empty-handed, and an initial search was unsuccessful.
At a playground in Hünfelden, a teenager allegedly threatened another with a knife and took his e-scooter. Police provisionally detained the suspect.
During a dispute at a farm in Sundhagen, a 36-year-old man allegedly attacked a 58-year-old man with a knife. The injured man was taken to hospital; the suspect was detained temporarily and later released.
Knives were among the weapons used when two groups clashed in Berlin-Altglienicke. Two young men were injured, but the report does not attribute their injuries to the knives.
A 44-year-old man was seriously injured with a knife during an altercation outside a café in Wuppertal. Another participant sustained minor injuries, and the suspect fled.
