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Bloody knife attack in Ulm: Family dispute leaves two seriously injured
Two young men were seriously injured in a knife attack in Ulm. The perpetrator, a 52-year-old, was arrested. Investigations are ongoing.
Bloody knife attack in Ulm: Family dispute leaves two seriously injured
On Saturday evening, August 11, 2025, a cruel incident occurred in Ulm's pedestrian zone that shocked people in the region. A 52-year-old man unexpectedly pulled out a knife and seriously injured two young men, aged 19 and 22. These unsuspecting victims were walking unsuspectingly outside a bar when the attack occurred, around 8 p.m. Loud SWR The incident was interrupted by a brave employee of the restaurant, who then distracted the attacker and deprived him of the opportunity to escape.
The situation quickly escalated: the two injured people fled in panic from the scene of the crime towards Hirschstrasse. One of them eventually collapsed outside another restaurant, while the other collapsed in an alley. Emergency services were immediately alerted; A total of three emergency doctors and three ambulances were deployed to treat the serious injuries and take the victims to hospital. As already in Augsburger Allgemeine Reportedly, both injured people had to undergo emergency surgery and spent several hours in medical treatment.
Family dispute as a background
The knife attack is believed to be a family dispute, which makes the situation all the more tragic. All those involved – both the perpetrator and the victims – are Turkish citizens. This raises questions about possible family conflicts that can reach such extreme proportions. The public prosecutor's office in Ulm has started the investigation and is checking to clarify all the details of the incident. An arrest warrant has already been applied for for the 52-year-old, and he was arrested without resistance a short time after the escape by police and criminal investigators, who at this point also received support from emergency services from Neu-Ulm and riot police from Göppingen.
The incident in Ulm is not isolated. In fact, knife attacks in Germany have increased significantly in recent years. According to a recent publication by Statista The number of knife attacks recorded by the police grew significantly from 2022 to 2024, which turns out to be a serious problem when considering such incidents in our society.
Fortunately, there was no acute danger to residents and visitors in Ulm's pedestrian zone at the time of the incident. The police quickly determined that the perpetrator no longer posed a threat. But the impact of this horrific attack will long remain in the minds of those who spent that evening in the city. The incident shows once again how important it is to identify conflict-prone situations early and to take de-escalating measures before they escalate.