2021 Würzburg stabbing

The 2021 Würzburg stabbing occurred on 25 June 2021 in Würzburg, Germany. Abdirahman Jibril, a 24-year-old homeless man of Somalian nationality killed three civilians with a kitchen knife in a Woolworth store and wounded seven others. Minutes later, the police shot the suspect into his leg and arrested him. He had a history of several violent altrications since his 2015 arrival as an asylum seeker in Germany and one day involuntary commitment into a psychiatric hospital a month before the attack. Islamist motives were suspected; he himself said the attack was 'his jihad'. Another refugee accused him to be an al-Shabaab member, who had killed civilians, journalist and police officers in Somalia, which German authorities could not confirm.

2021 Würzburg stabbing
LocationWürzburg, Bavaria, Germany
Date25 June 2021
~17:00 (CEST)
TargetCivilians
Attack type
Mass stabbing
WeaponsKnife
Deaths3 women
Injured8 (including the perpetrator)
PerpetratorAbdirahman Jibril A.
MotiveIslamic Extremism
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