knife attack

On May 31, 2024, a knife attack occurred at Marktplatz in Mannheim, Germany, during a demonstration by the right-wing extremist group Die Basis and pro-Palestinian activists. A 25-year-old man of Afghan origin wounded six people, including five police officers present to maintain order at the demonstration.

On 19 January 2025, the city of Aschaffenburg in Hesse, Germany, was struck by a brutal knife attack in broad daylight. A man killed at least two people and wounded several others at multiple public locations in the city centre. The perpetrator was apprehended by police the same day.

On June 25, 2021, Somali-born Abdirahman Muse killed three people and wounded five others in a knife attack in Würzburg, Germany. The 24-year-old attacker, motivated by Islamist extremism and struggling with severe mental illness, was overpowered by bystanders and arrested. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole in December 2022.