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Two Held After Dresden Tram Stabbing as Police Probe Possible Right-Wing Motive

State protection now leads the case after police reported right‑wing ties, heavy intoxication.

Overview

  • A 35-year-old Tunisian man was stabbed in the neck during a dispute on Dresden’s tram line 12 and was taken to hospital.
  • Police arrested two German suspects, aged 26 and 35, shortly after the attack near Wernerstraße and Baluschekstraße and recovered the suspected knife.
  • Breath tests measured about 2.6 and 3.2 per mille, and both men were previously known to police for politically motivated offenses.
  • In a separate incident on tram line 1, an unknown man hurled racist insults at an Egyptian family before fleeing, and police appealed for witnesses.
  • Separately in Häfnerhaslach, a 25-year-old who surrendered after a stabbing on October 20 is in pretrial detention following a judge’s order.