Overview

• A 65-year-old driver was stabbed in the abdomen with a box cutter during a payment dispute over a roughly €40 fare around 2 a.m. Tuesday.
• Two passersby, aged 19 and 20, intervened, disarmed the 40-year-old suspect, and held him until officers arrived.
• The driver was taken to a hospital and was not reported to be in life-threatening condition, according to police.
• The suspect, whom reports describe as well over two per mille intoxicated, reportedly made additional stabbing motions during the struggle.
• Police recorded suspected dangerous bodily harm and robbery-extortion (räuberische Erpressung); after processing, the man was released, and Kommissariat 21 opened an investigation.