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| Wolmirstedt party stabbing | |
| Location: | Wolmirstedt, Germany |
| Date: | 15 June 2024 |
| Time: | 9pm |
| Timezone: | CEST |
| Type: | Mass stabbing |
| Weapon: | Knife |
| Fatalities: | 2 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injuries: | 4 |
| Accused: | 27 year old Afghan man |
| Motive: | Unclear |
On 15 June 2024, a 27 year old Afghan man attacked a private party in Wolmirstedt with a knife. 4 people were injured. 1 person, a 23 year old Afghan man, succumbed to his stab wounds shortly after the attack.[1] The attacker was later shot dead by German police when they arrived on scene.[2]
The stabbing started at a private party to celebrate the opening of the Euro 2024 soccer tournament. Shortly after the kick-off between Germany and Scotland, an unidentified 27 year old Afghan man rushed through a nearby allotment into the party and attacked partygoers with a "knife like object". His first victim was a 23 year old who was also from Afghanistan.[3] The asselent then went on to stab 4 other people. Police then arrived on scene and shot the assailant dead after he attempted to attack 2 officers.[4]
4 people were injured during the stabbing while 2 people were killed including the perpetrator. The victims included a 23 year old Afghan man who died of his injuries shortly after the attack.[5] Other victims included a 50-year-old woman who was decibed to be in serious condition, a 75-year-old man who was injured, and a 56-year-old man who was slightly injured.[1]
The stabbing took place roughly 2 weeks after a deadly stabbing in Mannheim in which the assailant was also an Afghan man who attacked people with a knife.[6] [7]
Wolmirstedt Mayor Marlies Cassuhn said that she was "shocked" by the stabbing attack.[8]
Public prosecutor Frank Baumgarten said: "As things stand, I see no evidence that the shots fired by two officers at the attacker were fired unlawfully."[1]
Andreas Krautwald, director of the Stendal police station, said that the suspected perpetrator was not previously known to the authorities for serious crimes.[9]