Three knife attacks in Berlin within an hour leave three men seriously injured

Three knife attacks within an hour

Three separate knife attacks in Berlin on Sunday evening, 25 October 2026, left three men seriously injured. The incidents took place in Tempelhof, Lichtenberg and Prenzlauer Berg within less than an hour of each other. Police said at least three people had been provisionally arrested and that none of the injured is in mortal danger. In all three cases a bladed weapon was used. Investigators have not yet established the background of any of the attacks, and it was initially unclear whether they were connected. The first reports appeared on the morning of Monday, 26 October.

Tempelhofer Damm and the arrests

Officers reached Tempelhofer Damm around 20:00 and saw two men, aged 24 and 28, attacking each other. The officers separated them and found the younger man with a stab wound to the upper body, and he was taken to hospital. Reports say the injured man, the alleged attacker and others had first been together in a vehicle nearby. Police secured a knife from a car parked close to the scene. The 28-year-old was provisionally detained and, according to police, is now free again. B.Z. reported that the two men arrested were the alleged attacker and his brother, who reportedly behaved aggressively toward police. The criminal police took over the investigation on site.

Lichtenberg and Prenzlauer Berg

In Lichtenberg, a man was seriously injured in an argument outside a Spätkauf on Weißenseer Weg, and a second person was also hurt. Two or three people were involved in that dispute, and police had no leads on suspects so far. In Prenzlauer Berg, several people reportedly got into an argument, and a 47-year-old man is suspected of stabbing his 42-year-old opponent. Officers provisionally arrested the suspect at or near the scene, and the 42-year-old was taken to hospital with a stab wound to the upper body. Most reports put the Prenzlauer Berg attack around 20:40, while Berliner Zeitung gives 21:00 for a fight outside a bar on Oderberger Straße.

Police figures and open questions

Police have not established how the disputes started in any of the cases, and the investigations are continuing. Police crime statistics recorded 3,599 knife attack cases in Berlin in 2025, a rise of 5.5% on the year before. About half of those cases were threats. Police investigated 1,906 suspects over the same year.

Knife attack cases, 20253,599

Suspects investigated, 20251,906

Knife attack cases, 2025

3599 count

Suspects investigated, 2025

1906 count

Data from the article text

Knife attacks are a recurring problem in the capital, and some have caused serious injuries. None of the reports give a motive for any of the three Sunday evening attacks. Whether the incidents were linked remains unclear.