Wolmirstedt party stabbing

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]