Knife fight in Munich's old town: 27-year-old runs out of the house covered in blood - man dies in hospital
Created: 04/22/2022, 11:49 am
By: Nadja Hoffmann
The police are on site with a large contingent.
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In the afternoon there was a stabbing on Sendlinger Strasse in Munich.
One man later died in hospital.
A 27-year-old ran through the city center covered in blood.
Knife attack on Sendlinger Strasse in Munich: The police had to move out to a large-scale operation on Thursday afternoon (April 21).
According to the first state of affairs, the parties involved are a woman (27) and a man (45).
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Update from April 21, 9:45 p.m .:
On Thursday evening, a police spokesman confirmed that the 45-year-old had succumbed to his serious injuries in the hospital.
Knife attack in Munich's old town: two people injured
Update from April 21, 4:35 p.m .:
The large-scale police operation was triggered after a bloodied woman ran out of house number 18.
She had a knife with her.
Eyewitnesses then called the police.
According to the Bureau, a man was also injured in the stabbing.
The officials did not confirm the age of those involved – she 27, he 45 years old.
Whether the man was the attacker or the victim could not be said shortly after the bloody deed.
The area in front of the crime scene was cordoned off.
Passers-by saw officers in protective gear, such as chain mail.
They were also heavily armed.
On the sidewalk: bloodstains!
Pictures that shocked on this sunny afternoon on the promenade.
First report from April 21, 2022
Munich – The violence escalated again in the middle of the old town on Thursday afternoon.
According to the police, there was a knife attack there.
Two people were injured around 2:40 p.m.
The police, who are on site with a large contingent, have cordoned off the area around Sendlinger Strasse 18.
Fourth stabbing in a month
So far it is unclear whether the incidents are related to the other stabbings that have recently occurred in Munich.
On April 10, a Somali man (25) was stabbed to death at Stachus by an unknown person.
The week before, a dispute between two extended families on Maximilianstrasse got completely out of hand.
The men attacked each other with machetes and knives.
On March 14, an Iraqi (18) died after a stabbing broke out on Korbinianplatz.
