Knife attack in Bitburg: victim defends himself and calls the police!

Knife attack in Bitburg: victim defends himself and calls the police!

On Thursday, March 22, 2025, a 32-year-old prostitute was victim of a knife attack in the Königswäldchen parking lot near the B51 near Bitburg. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. when a stranger claimed the service of the woman and then suddenly attacked it. Fortunately, despite slight injuries, the woman was able to escape and inform the police. The perpetrator fled with a black small SUV that resembles an Audi Q2 or Q3, via an economic path towards Bitburg and not via the B51.

The police describe the perpetrator as about 1.70 meters tall, between 50 and 60 years old with a belly approach and gray, short -cut hair. It is particularly striking that he wore and lag a lower leg prosthesis. The Trier public prosecutor classifies the incident as an attempted homicide and is now looking for witnesses who can provide information about the perpetrator. Witnesses are asked to report on the phone number 0049/983-43900, such as Word.lu reported.

knife attacks in Germany: a worrying trend

The knife attack in Bitburg is in the context of an alarming increase in knife power in Germany. According to information from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), the number of knife attacks increased significantly in 2023. There was an increase of 9.7% with dangerous and serious assault and an increase of 16.6% in predatory offenses. The general increase in assault was 6.8%, while predatory offenses increased by 17.4%. It is worrying that the proportion of knife attacks on bodily harm.

The causes of the increase are diverse. Experts attribute the increase, among other things, to the elimination of Corona restrictions, the current economic situation and the migration. In almost all federal states, with the exception of Brandenburg, the numbers rose by an average of 15% in 2023. This development is particularly alarming, since around 90% of the suspects are, a significant part of which does not have German citizenship, as mediatienst-integration.de

The data also show that carrying knives has increased in young people, especially in Lower Saxony. While only 16.8% of young people performed a knife in 2013, this proportion was already 20.6% in 2022. However, the reasons for this behavior have not yet been sufficiently researched and could be related to masculinity standards, fears or difficulties in non -violent conflict resolution. It is particularly striking that young people with a migration background are less likely to carry a knife, but use it similarly to their peers without a migration background.

a case of fatal knife power

In the further context of the knife power, the trial against Sulaiman Ataee begins this Thursday, which on May 31, 2024 in Mannheim killed the police Rouven Laur with a knife in an attack on an Islam -critical event. The federal prosecutor sees an Islamist motive behind this attack. Ataee is not only accused of murder, but also attempted murder in five other cases and dangerous bodily harm. The process takes place at the Stuttgart -based High Security Court and comprises a total of 53 trial days.

The Laur case, in which the police officer was seriously injured and succumbed to his injuries two days later, excited the minds and led to a funeral march for the fallen police officer in June. The process is carefully pursued by many sides and asks the question of increasing willingness to violence, which is spreading in the country, including the worrying trends in razor crime.