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 24-year-old man allegedly stabbed an 18-year-old multiple times with a knife after an argument in a Hanover fast-food restaurant. The victim suffered life-threatening injuries but is now out of danger.
Two masked men are alleged to have threatened a discount-store employee in Isselburg with a knife and taken cash from a safe. The suspects fled.
During a dispute in Berlin-Neukölln, an unidentified suspect allegedly stabbed a 29-year-old man several times in the leg with a knife.
A 25-year-old man was injured in the abdomen with a pointed object during a dispute at Alexanderplatz S-Bahn station. He required emergency surgery, while the attacker fled.
A 34-year-old man allegedly attacked and slightly injured a 27-year-old with a utility knife in Oberkirch. Police are investigating on suspicion of dangerous bodily harm.
A 26-year-old man is suspected of injuring a guest with a knife and later threatening a publican in Melsungen. Police arrested him following further incidents at restaurants.
During an altercation in Lieser, one person was threatened with a knife and another sustained minor injuries. A suspect was apprehended after fleeing.
During an arranged private sale, a man allegedly threatened a seller with a knife and snatched her mobile phone.
A masked man robbed a telecom shop in Bad Reichenhall with a knife, taking cash and smartphones and slightly injuring an employee.
A 31-year-old man was injured by multiple knife stabs after an argument in Villingen-Schwenningen. The attacker fled.
A 33-year-old man was injured in the neck with a knife after a dispute at his home in Voerde. Two suspects fled, and police identified a female suspect.
A 22-year-old was stabbed several times during a dispute at an accommodation facility in Hamburg-Harburg. A suspect of the same age was provisionally detained.
A 19-year-old allegedly injured a 46-year-old man in the arm with a knife after a dispute in Munich.
A 19-year-old man was injured in the leg with a knife at a bus stop in Wittenberg. A 19-year-old suspect was remanded in custody.
Three youths allegedly demanded that a 45-year-old man hand over his wallet at a Dortmund S-Bahn stop while displaying a knife and a baton. He was slightly injured after calling police.
An unidentified man threatened an employee at a petrol station in Nottensdorf with a knife and fled with cash.
Following an argument at Postplatz in Speyer, an 18-year-old was injured in the abdomen by a knife stab. The suspect was stopped near the scene after fleeing.
A 39-year-old man is alleged to have seriously injured a 27-year-old with a knife after a dispute at the entrance to a gym in Augsburg. He was remanded in custody.
Following an altercation, a man in Munich threatened two men with a folding knife. Police seized a knife.
Two young men allegedly threatened a 27-year-old man with a knife early in the morning in Eisleben. The man fled to a petrol station, while the suspects escaped.
