by Kurt Zindulka
Germany saw two mass stabbings over the weekend at the hands of suspected migrants, leaving eight injured, including an 11-year-old girl.
Multicultural Germany has seen another spate of stabbings in which migrants from Kosovo and Syria are reportedly the suspected perpetrators.
On Sunday morning, five local football fans were injured, four seriously, after being attacked by a man with a knife and a cane sword “indiscriminately” outside a bar in the city of Bielefeld in North Rhine-Westphalia.
The victims, aged between 22 and 27, fought back against the assailant, resulting in him fleeing the scene. According to police, as the man fled, he left behind a bag containing multiple knives, a liquid that smelled of gasoline, and personal documents indicating Syrian nationality, broadcaster NTV reports.
The suspected attacker was arrested on Monday in the town of Heiligenhaus outside of Düsseldorf, according to Die Welt. He first entered the country after travelling through Turkey into Europe and applied for asylum in Germany in 2023. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees granted him temporary protected status, allowing him to remain in the country will his application was considered.
German daily Bild reported that the police are investigating the attack as a potential terror attack by the 35-year-old suspect.