Young woman found with stab wounds - search for suspect unsuccessful
Created: 2022-08-19 06:53
By: Katarina Amtmann
Search dogs were also used.
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A woman was found in Fürth with stab wounds and reported being attacked by a man.
A search was initially unsuccessful.
Fürth – On Thursday evening (August 18) a young woman with stab wounds triggered a police search in the northern area of downtown Fürth.
The 22-year-old had stated that she had been attacked by an unknown perpetrator.
The police said in a press release.
Police investigate after attack in Fürth – 22-year-old with stab wounds
Around 8 p.m., a passer-by called the control center because she had met an injured woman on the footpath that ran parallel to Angerstrasse on the Rednitz.
Shortly thereafter, the emergency services found that the 22-year-old had sustained two stab wounds to the upper body.
According to her own statements, she was first approached by an unknown man and then suddenly attacked.
The two stab wounds were then inflicted on her with an unknown object.
The attacker then moved away from the city center.
The young woman was taken to a hospital, according to the doctors there is no danger to life.
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Woman reports of attack in Fürth - this is how she describes the suspect
around 45-50 years old
about 1.90 meters tall
brown beard
dressed in blue jeans and a gray sweater
wore a gray wool hat and sunglasses
Attack in Fürth - manhunt without success
The Fürth police initiated a search with several strips in the vicinity of Angerstrasse.
Two search dogs were also used.
Initially, no suspects could be arrested in the course of these searches.
"Officials from the Central Franconia Criminal Service were already involved in the first investigative measures in the evening hours.
So far it is unclear what was the motivation for the attack described by the 22-year-old woman," said the police.
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