Messer attack on the Kuhberg: Police urgently are looking for witnesses!

Messer attack on the Kuhberg: Police urgently are looking for witnesses!

Vor der Sparkasse am Kuhberg, 24534 Neumünster, Deutschland - In Neumünster, a knife attack occurred on February 15, 2025, in which a 31-year-old was injured. An emergency call at the rescue control center took place at 5:31 p.m. when passers -by reported that someone had been injured in the face of Sparkasse Südholstein with a knife. When several patrol cars arrived at the crime scene, the officials could no longer find any people involved.

The injured man later appeared independently at the police station in Parkstrasse and reported on an approximately ten centimeter long cut in the face. He was treated on an outpatient basis in the hospital and was then released again. The criminal police in Neumünster are now looking for witnesses who can provide information about the crime or the people involved. Interested parties can contact 04321/9450.

police presence and previous incidents

The police emphasized that there was no connection between the knife attack and a previous police operation in Kieler Strasse, in which a man was arrested two hours earlier. The officials are often deployed in the vicinity of the Kuhberg and Kieler Straße, especially due to raids against forbidden gambling. A similar incident occurred in March 2022 when a dispute between four men escalated in front of the same savings bank and a man injured two attackers with a knife.

In addition, there was a threat to a man in October 2024 with a 20 -meter -long knife in a mosque and at the Anchark. In order to increase security in the city center, a working group was also launched. This is currently discussing the idea of setting up an additional security guard at the train station, whereby an empty snack pavilion on Konrad-Adenauer-Platz is to be used. The Council meeting will deal with this topic on February 18, and first city councilor Michael Knapp (CDU) expects great approval for the new "Safety point of contact" at the train station.

Despite the increased police presence, city spokesman Stephan Beitz report on the continuing challenges in the Vicelinviertel and around the train station, where drug trafficking and other crimes are recorded, which are currently statistically unobtrusive. The security situation remains a central topic for the city administration and the residents of Neumünster.

For further information on the incident and law enforcement, the reporting of kn-online.de and bild.de referred.