Bloody knife attack in Neukölln: police officer in mortal danger!
Bloody knife attack in Neukölln: police officer in mortal danger!
On Friday evening, May 17, 2025, a serious incident occurred in Berlin-Neukölln, in which a police officer hovers in mortal danger. A 28-year-old man stabbed the officer with a knife in his throat, which led to an emergency operative treatment. The starting point of the argument was that the suspect had previously damaged a police vehicle in front of a guard. During the following check, he pulled the knife and seriously injured the police. The 28-year-old man initially wanted to file a complaint with the police and was later arrested due to the suspicion of attempted manslaughter. The murder commission has taken over the investigation. First of all, however, there was the information from the police that there was no danger to the civil servant, which was later corrected. T-Online reports that this incident is in a context of recurring knife attacks in Germany.
It is worrying that the incident took place only one day after another attack on a police officer. This was seriously injured during a propalestinian rally in Berlin when he was torn into the crowd and "trampled". The Berlin General Prosecutor's Office has taken over the investigation into this incident. MOZ The increase in acts of violence of this kind is alarming in the city and throughout the country.knife attacks in Germany
According to current statistics, the number of knife attacks in Germany has increased significantly in recent years. Between 2014 and 2023, over 212,000 seriously injured were treated in clinics, including almost 5,000 with knife injuries. Men are particularly affected, the proportion of the injuries of which is 84%, while mortality is around 8.5% for knife injuries. It is striking that the frequency of knife injuries has increased from less than 2% to almost 3% in the past ten years. Berlin's governing mayor Kai Wegner (CDU) calls for a general ban on knife in response to these alarming developments. He criticized the latest proposals from Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) as inadequate.
The Berlin police registered a total of 3,482 knife attacks in 2023 - 165 more than in the previous year. This illustrates the urgency to ensure public security in the capital and at the same time take appropriate measures against increasing violence. Kurier informs that the Charité in Berlin treated 50 to 55 victims of knife attacks in the first half of 2024.
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