Bloody dispute in Dresden-Löbtau: Mann with knife injured!

Bloody dispute in Dresden-Löbtau: Mann with knife injured!

Agnes-Smedley-Straße, 01237 Dresden, Deutschland - in Dresden-Löbtau there was an incident on Monday that not only put the residents but also the police on alert. A 45-year-old man was injured in a dispute with an unknown couple on Agnes-Sedley-Straße with a knife on the leg. The incident occurred in the afternoon, and the suspects then fled towards Tharandter Strasse while the victim had to be taken to the hospital to be treated there. Despite the intensive search, the police initially unsuccessfully remained in finding the attackers. It is now being investigated because of the dangerous bodily harm, whereby the exact reason of the dispute is still to be clarified, as News today.

What exactly happened there? The argument that led to this knife attack gives rise to speculation. So far, the police have not published any information about the background of the dispute and is now hoping for hints from the population. Witnesses of the incident in particular could be crucial to bring light into the dark.

fatal knife attack on weekends

Just a few days earlier, on Saturday morning, a 40-year-old man in Dresden-Löbtau was seriously injured in a knife attack in a tram on line 7 and later succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The alleged perpetrator, a 32-year-old man, who is also a Somali origin, was arrested directly at the crime scene. An arrest warrant against him was issued on Sunday and he is now in custody. The exact circumstances that led to this fatal argument are so far unclear, especially since both men had no previous criminal abnormalities. This raises questions about the social backgrounds and the dynamics between the participants, as Saxon reports.

The police were informed about the incident at around 10.20 a.m. and had the tram locked up to secure evidence. Further information is to be gathered through video surveillance and testimony, while a crisis intervention team (KIT) is on site to look after witnesses.

crime statistics and knife attacks

These incidents are part of a worrying development that are emerging according to the police crime statistics (PKS) in 2024. While the total number of registered crimes in Germany fell slightly by 1.7 %, violent crime rose by 1.5 % and thus reached the highest level since 2007. The increase in knife attacks is particularly alarming: in 2024, 29,014 such incidents were registered, which corresponds to 54.3 % of all violent crimes. The number of non -German suspect rose to 913.196, which corresponds to 41.8 % of all suspects. This development is also noticeable in Dresden and raises questions about the causes and possibilities of prevention, reports the bka.

At a time when violence and knife attacks, especially in urban areas, are important, it is important that the community finds itself together and sought to sensitize such events. The Dresden police appealed to the population to submit relevant information from the Dresden police department at 0351 483 22 33.