Frau stabs in Munich - the police shoot the attacker!

Frau stabs in Munich - the police shoot the attacker!

in Munich, a tragic incident near the Theresienwiese, which caused the city excited the city, occurred on Saturday evening. A 30 -year -old woman was shot by the police after having previously attacked two passers -by with a knife. The emergency services were alerted at 7:45 p.m. after the woman initially attacked a 56-year-old man and then a 25-year-old woman. Fortunately, both victims suffered only minor injuries that were treated on an outpatient basis, such as the Bavarian state newspaper reported.

The attacks took place on Westendstrasse and at the intersection of Schwanthalerstrasse and Theresienhöhe. Eyewitness reported that the attacker, who was initially described as "very inconspicuous", held a kitchen knife in his hand. Before the knife attack, the woman had rioted in a grocery store about an hour earlier and behaved in a threatening way, which ultimately led to the intervention of the police. After a short arrest, however, it was released around 7:15 p.m.

The use of the police

Half an hour later, however, the situation of the woman slipped when she attacked the two passers -by. To stop the attacker, the police officers used firearms. The woman was seriously injured in the lodged shot and was immediately taken to a Munich clinic, where she died shortly afterwards. More than half a dozen trace security markings were found at the scene, which indicates the seriousness of the incident.

The Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann expressed his thanks to the police officers for their quick and determined action. In a similar incident in August 2024, a mentally ill woman was shot, who also threatened with a knife. At the same time, according to the Merkur emphasizes that the use of firearm was used as "Ultima Ratio", worse, worse to prevent.

background and investigation

The Bavarian State Criminal Police Office has taken over the investigation and checks how many civil servants were involved in the use of firearms. It is striking that the attacker and the two injured passers -by live in Munich, but so far there is no evidence of a preliminary relationship between them. The increase in knife attacks in Germany, such as in the case of a 39-year attack by a woman in Hamburg's main station two weeks ago, raises questions about public security, such as the Media service Integration

Reporting on knife attacks has increased in recent years, especially in relation to foreign perpetrators. Even if no clear tendency towards increase can be determined, public perception is characterized by media distortions. In view of the frequency of such incidents, it is important to illuminate the background and mental health of the perpetrators in order to be able to act preventively