2020 Dresden knife attack

The 2020 Dresden knife attack occurred on 4 October 2020, when a man was killed and another injured during a knife attack in Dresden, Germany. After two weeks, the 20-year-old perpetrator was arrested, Abdullah al-H. H., a Syrian national who arrived in Germany in 2015 to seek asylum. He had been sentenced in November 2018 to two years and nine months for supporting a terrorist organization and planning an attack with contacts with a militant in Yemen and working on the construction of suicide belts. He had been released from prison in September 2020. Europol classified the attack as jihadist terrorism.

2020 Dresden knife attack
LocationDresden, Germany
Date4 October 2020 (2020-10-04)
TargetGay couple
Attack type
Stabbing
WeaponsKnife
Deaths1
Injured1
MotiveIslamic extremism and homophobia
AccusedAbdullah al-H. H.
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