Woman at a knife attack in Berlin -Lichtenberg injured - police are looking for witnesses!

Woman at a knife attack in Berlin -Lichtenberg injured - police are looking for witnesses!

Frankfurter Allee, 10367 Berlin, Deutschland - at the Berlin dusk on Friday, June 6, 2025, there was a cruel incident in Lichtenberg. A 22-year-old woman became the victim of a knife attack by an unknown perpetrator at her apartment door. According to information from tixio , the attacker injured the woman on the upper body while she opened the door. This brutal attack occurred around 7:30 p.m. when the man initially hit and stepped against the door.

The victim was immediately taken to a hospital where she was admitted to the hospital. However, the shock waves of this incident extend beyond direct injuries. The police have already started investigations; A specialist commissioner of Police Directorate 3 (East) has taken over the management. The officials ask the public for clues, since the perpetrator has so far been fleeting and escaped in an unknown direction.

A serious incident from the neighborhood

A similar violent event recently occurred on the night of Sunday, in which a 19-year-old woman was also the victim of a knife attack and suffered life-threatening injuries. This attack was not only the victim, but also her 51-year-old mother, who was seriously injured when she tried to rush to help her daughter. Fortunately, the 19-year-old is no longer in mortal danger, as the Tagesspiegel . However, it remains unclear to what extent the two incidents are connected.

The public prosecutor assumes that in both cases perpetrators and victims did not know each other. Tragically, it can be seen again how quickly violence can arise from a normal everyday situation. However, two police officers who heard the women who heard the screams hurried to help, but could not arrest the perpetrator.

a worrying trend

Incidents like this also lead a light on the general situation of violent crime in Germany. According to Statista , violent crimes make up less than 4% of all police crimes. Nevertheless, they significantly influence the security feeling of the citizens. Last year around 217,000 violent crimes have been registered, the highest value since 2007. The upward trend gnaws at the nerves of the population, especially young people seem to be increasingly involved in violent arguments.

The reasons for this development lie partly in economic uncertainties and social stress, which were particularly reinforced during corona pandemic. The psychological stress, which have still been taken by measures that still last today, could represent another factor. The numbers are alarming: In 2023, over 2,740 acts of violence against emergency services were documented. A worrying fact that 94% of Germans perceive as a big problem.