https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A 34-year old woman was fatally stabbed by an as-yet unidentified man in the centre of the east German city of Zittau on Tuesday evening. https://www.thelocal.de/20180613/woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-centre-of Wed, 13 Jun 2018 12:32:38 +0200 woman-dies-after-being-stabbed-in-centre-of In an intercity train travelling north to Flensburg on Wednesday evening, a man stabbed another passenger with a knife. A police officer who opened fire to take down the assailant was also hurt in the incident. https://www.thelocal.de/20180531/knife-attacker-shot-dead-in-train-heading-to-flensburg Thu, 31 May 2018 11:21:16 +0200 knife-attacker-shot-dead-in-train-heading-to-flensburg A 70-year-old man accused of a "politically motivated" murder attempt has been arrested days after attacking three asylum seekers with a knife, German police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180222/pensioner-rearrested-after-stabbing-three-refugees-in-politically-motivated-attack Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:51:13 +0100 pensioner-rearrested-after-stabbing-three-refugees-in-politically-motivated-attack Police in southwestern Germany have released a man who stabbed three refugees outside a church on Saturday. A local newspaper expressed disbelief at the fact the crime wasn’t taken more seriously. https://www.thelocal.de/20180219/pensioner-injures-three-refugees-in-knife-attack-outside-church Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:34:26 +0100 pensioner-injures-three-refugees-in-knife-attack-outside-church A 26-year-old Palestinian man admitted on Friday to killing a man and wounding six others with a knife in a Hamburg supermarket, an attack that stoked fears of Islamist terrorism in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180112/man-on-trial-over-deadly-islamist-knife-attack-in-hamburg Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:47:58 +0100 man-on-trial-over-deadly-islamist-knife-attack-in-hamburg German prosecutors said Friday they have charged a 26-year-old Palestinian asylum seeker with murder after his deadly knife rampage at a Hamburg supermarket in July. https://www.thelocal.de/20171110/palestinian-asylum-seeker-charged-with-murder-after-deadly-hamburg-knife-attack Fri, 10 Nov 2017 13:15:00 +0100 palestinian-asylum-seeker-charged-with-murder-after-deadly-hamburg-knife-attack A knife-wielding man randomly attacked passersby in central Munich on Saturday, lightly injuring eight people, police said as they excluded terrorism as a motive after detaining the suspected perpetrator. https://www.thelocal.de/20171021/four-lightly-injured-in-munich-knife-attack-police Sat, 21 Oct 2017 15:05:32 +0200 four-lightly-injured-in-munich-knife-attack-police The suspected radical Islamist arrested for a deadly knife attack in Hamburg last week could have been deported if it weren't for a slip-up by authorities, Spiegel reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170801/authorities-missed-deadline-to-deport-hamburg-attacker-by-one-day-report Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:46:20 +0200 authorities-missed-deadline-to-deport-hamburg-attacker-by-one-day-report A 26-year-old failed asylum seeker who carried out a deadly knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket likely had a "radical Islamist" motive, German prosecutors said Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170731/hamburg-knife-attacker-had-radical-islamist-motive-prosecutor Mon, 31 Jul 2017 18:09:29 +0200 hamburg-knife-attacker-had-radical-islamist-motive-prosecutor The suspect who killed a man with a knife in Hamburg supermarket was a known Islamist, German officials said on Saturday, adding that his motives remained unclear as he also suffered from psychological problems. https://www.thelocal.de/20170729/hamburg-attacker-was-known-to-authorities-as-islamist Sat, 29 Jul 2017 14:23:38 +0200 hamburg-attacker-was-known-to-authorities-as-islamist Terror group Isis have released a video which apparently shows the teenager who attacked passengers with an axe on a train in Bavaria on Monday making threats. https://www.thelocal.de/20160718/several-injured-in-knife-attack-on-bavarian-regional-train Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:29:03 +0200 several-injured-in-knife-attack-on-bavarian-regional-train A German man who killed one person and wounded three in an apparently random knife attack will be held in a psychiatric hospital not a jail, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160512/munich-knife-attacker-sent-for-psychiatric-care Thu, 12 May 2016 10:47:20 +0200 munich-knife-attacker-sent-for-psychiatric-care The man arrested on Tuesday for stabbing four people on the outskirts of Munich was released from psychiatric care two days before the attack, police confirm. https://www.thelocal.de/20160511/munich-knifeman-had-just-left-psychiatric-care Wed, 11 May 2016 14:30:47 +0200 munich-knifeman-had-just-left-psychiatric-care Cologne Mayor Henriette Reker, described in court on Friday how she was attacked during campaigning last autumn and almost lost her life. https://www.thelocal.de/20160429/cologne-mayor-describes-being-stabbed-in-neck Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:18:03 +0200 cologne-mayor-describes-being-stabbed-in-neck The man who stabbed Cologne mayor Henriette Reker over her pro-refugee views earlier this month was formally charged with attempted murder and dangerous bodily harm on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20151028/man-who-stabbed-cologne-mayor-held-in-custody Wed, 28 Oct 2015 15:35:52 +0100 man-who-stabbed-cologne-mayor-held-in-custody A German city official who was stabbed in the neck in an attack apparently over her work with refugees was Sunday elected the first female mayor of the western city of Cologne. https://www.thelocal.de/20151019/cologne-votes-knife-victim-in-as-mayor Mon, 19 Oct 2015 09:07:12 +0200 cologne-votes-knife-victim-in-as-mayor