Germany is seeing a rise in knife violence, with serious assaults increasing nearly 6% in 2023, prompting calls for stricter weapons laws and enforcement.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser emphasized the need for a general ban on dangerous switchblades and reducing allowable knife blade length to combat the rise in knife violence.
Police statistics reveal that serious bodily assaults with knives rose to 8,951 cases in 2023. Railway station knife crimes alone soared to 777 attacks last year.
Charite hospital in Berlin noted a dramatic rise in stab wound cases, treating around 50 to 55 cases in the first half of 2024 alone.
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