Shocking violence in Moers: innkeeper injured with a knife!

Shocking violence in Moers: innkeeper injured with a knife!

on Tuesday evening, March 3, 2025, two brutal incidents occurred in Moers in North Rhine-Westphalia, which the police put on alert and provided great public concern. In front of a restaurant, a 62-year-old innkeeper and his 65-year-old companion were victims of an attack with impact and stab weapons. In this attack, the innkeeper was brought to the hospital with a stab wound, but fortunately there is no danger to life, according to initial information. His companion stated that he was unharmed. The perpetrators, whose identity is currently unknown, fled from the crime scene after the incident.

The Duisburg police have set up a homicide commission to extensively examine this attack. Emergency services found part of a telescopic cuttail near the crime scene, which is believed to be the host of the innkeeper. Investigators are looking for witnesses who may be able to provide information about the fleeing perpetrators. These were estimated at the age of 25 to 30 years; A suspicious wore a strikingly red down jacket and blue jeans.

parasistic incident with a knife attacker

Only a short time after this attack there was another incident in Moers that heated the public to the public. A 26-year-old German grip on the same day with two knives, the blades of which had a length of about 30 centimeters, to police officers. The police reacted with shots that led to the fatal injury of the attacker. A spokeswoman for the public prosecutor's office confirmed that the deceased showed signs of a serious mental illness.

The police had been called to the residential area due to several emergency calls, where the man had previously attacked and threatened passers -by. The exact circumstances and the number of shots are currently still being determined. For reasons of neutrality, the investigation into this incident was taken over by the Duisburg police. This second incident occurred just four days after a presumably Islamist attack in Solingen, in which a 26-year-old Syrian killed three people and injured eight more. These two incidents throw an alarming light on the violent situation in the region.

The police hoped for urgent information from the population in order to be able to be able to be caught up with the perpetrators in both cases and to restore the security of the citizens. The current security state in Moers is still observed while the investigation is progressing.