Knife attacker targets Jehovah's Witnesses at German train station

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2026-02-23

Würzburg, Germany (dpa) - A man has attacked three people with a knife at a Jehovah's Witnesses stand at a German train station, police said on Monday. The men aged 51, 55 and 68 were slightly injured in the scuffle at Würzburg main station but did not sustain stab wounds, it said. Passers-by, including a plainclothes police officer, overpowered the 35-year-old attacker and he was detained at the scene. The man approached the group of Jehovah's W......

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