Germany: Two Suspected Migrant Stabbings Leave Eight Injured, Including 11-Year-Old Girl

Over the weekend, Germany experienced two mass stabbings believed to be carried out by suspected migrants, resulting in eight people injured, including an 11-year-old girl.

In a recent spate of stabbings in multicultural Germany, individuals from Kosovo and Syria are reportedly the alleged perpetrators.

On Sunday morning, a group of five local football fans were wounded, four of them seriously, after an attack by a man wielding a knife and a cane sword outside a bar in Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. The victims, aged between 22 and 27, fought back, causing the assailant to flee. The man left behind a bag containing knives, a liquid smelling of gasoline, and personal documents indicating Syrian nationality as he escaped. The suspect was later apprehended in Heiligenhaus near Düsseldorf and had sought asylum in Germany in 2023.

According to authorities, the incident is being investigated as a potential terror attack by the 35-year-old suspect, while in a separate incident in Halle, central Germany, three individuals, including an 11-year-old girl, were injured in a stabbing outside an apartment block on Sunday. A 46-year-old migrant from Kosovo has reportedly been detained in connection with the latter attack.

Responding to the incidents, Marc Bernhard, a member of Germany’s Bundestag parliament, emphasized the urgency of addressing such violence and called for measures to protect borders, deport illegal immigrants, and prioritize the safety of the population.

The German Chancellor had previously campaigned on a strict approach to illegal immigration, including border closures, but faced resistance and challenges with implementing the plan. Despite intentions to increase deportations to countries like Afghanistan and Syria, meaningful progress in this area has yet to be seen.

Germany has witnessed a rise in terror incidents involving migrants, with attacks reported in various cities last year.