2021 Würzburg stabbing
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Location | Islamic Extremism[1] |
The 2021 Würzburg stabbing occurred on 25 June 2021 in
Attack
On 25 June 2021, at about 17:00 local time, a barefoot man entered a
Victims
Three people were killed in the attack and seven more were wounded. The deceased were all women, and were all killed in the first stabbing at the shop. They were identified as an 82-year-old, who was killed while defending a child whom the attacker tried to stab; a 49-year-old Brazilian who moved to Germany in early 2021 and was killed while defending her child; and a 24-year-old who was killed while buying a dress at the shop for her friend's wedding.[7] Of the seven wounded, four were women, one a female child, one a male teenager and the other a female teenager; two were in critical conditions.[8]
Suspect
The suspect was identified as a 24-year-old man of Somalian nationality named Abdirahman Jibril A.[9] Born in Mogadishu, he arrived in Italy as an asylum seeker in early 2015 and moved to Germany in May 2015.
He lived in Saxony as a regular resident from 2015 until 2019.[10] His first violent altrication in Germany was in 2015 when he wounded a migrant during a fight. He was not however charged with a crime.[11]
In 2018, Jibril and another man claimed they were attacked by neo-Nazis in Chemnitz.[12]
In 2019, he had drawn the attention of authorities due to violent altercations, and had been forced into a psychiatric hospital a month before the attack, as he stopped a random car in the street and sat in it.[10] However, he was discharged a day later as no mental illness was diagnosed.[13] In September 2019, he was moved to a homeless shelter in Würzburg.[10] In January 2021, he threatened a shelter staff member and other asylum seekers with a knife.[11]
Months prior, another Somali asylum seeker denounced Jibril A. to the German authorities, saying that he was "an al-Shabaab member, who killed civilians, journalist and police officers in Somalia". After this claim, an investigation was opened, but it could not confirm the allegation.[9]
There is no evidence of an
On 22 April 2022, Jibril A. was charged with
Motive
As of June 29, 2021, the motive for the attack had not been officially confirmed,[9] however police suspected Islamic extremism.[15][6] The Woolworth's store detective, some police officers and a number of witnesses reported hearing the attacker shout ʾAllāhu ʾakbar while committing the attack, and after the arrest he said that the attack was 'his jihad'.[3]
A police spokesman said that, while the attacker had a criminal record, none of his previous offences were related to terrorism.
As of June 29, 2021, police were also investigating if his release from psychiatric care was premature; however the suspect had not been diagnosed with a mental disorder.[9]
Aftermath
Memorial services were held in Würzburg. The citizens who attempted to disarm the attacker were celebrated in the press as heroes. There have been calls for one of them—a Kurdish asylum seeker—to be given German citizenship.[5]
See also
References
- ^ https://www.thelocal.de/20210629/islamist-motive-likely-in-deadly-knife-attack-in-wurzburg
- ^ a b c German knife attack: Several dead and wounded in Würzburg
- ^ Zeit Online. 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Würzburg: Verdächtiger nennt Messerattacke seinen "Dschihad"". Der Spiegel. 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Pass als Belohnung?". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 29 June 2021.
- ^ Tagesschau (ARD). 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Germany knife attack: Three killed were all women". BBC. 26 June 2021.
- ^ "Was wir über die Messerattacke in Würzburg bislang wissen". RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland. 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Was über die Messerattacke bekannt ist - und was nicht". Süddeutsche Zeitung. 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Katharina Federl (27 June 2021). "Würzburg: Was über die Messerattacke bekannt ist". Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- ^ a b Wolf Wiedmann-Schmidt, Sven Röbel, Roman Lehberger, Matthias Gebauer (26 June 2021). "Würzburg: Verdächtiger nennt Messerattacke seinen "Dschihad"". Der Spiegel.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Würzburg: Attentäter berichtete von Übergriffen durch Neonazis in Chemnitz - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
- ^ "Liveblog zur Messerattacke in Würzburg: Details zu den Opfern bekanntgegeben". Mainpost. 25 June 2021.
- ^ "Somali man goes on trial in Germany over fatal stabbings". Reuters. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Islamist motive 'likely' in deadly knife attack in Würzburg". The Local. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Würzburg: Ermittler entdecken bei Angreifer bislang kein Propagandamaterial - WELT". Die Welt (in German). 29 June 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2023.