Overview

• The defendant admitted in court to attacking his estranged wife with a folding knife on a Hersbruck playground in July 2024, claiming he was 'blind with rage.'
• Prosecutors allege the attack stemmed from excessive possessiveness, as the man could not accept his wife’s decision to separate.
• The victim survived the attack, which involved over 20 stab wounds, thanks to the intervention of her children and bystanders, followed by emergency surgery.
• The defendant also injured his daughter, who tried to intervene, and a friend of his wife during the assault.
• Forensic evidence, including blood traces leading to the suspect’s apartment, enabled police to arrest him shortly after the attack.