Overview

• A 26-year-old tenant confronted upstairs neighbors while carrying a small splitting axe, according to police.
• A 19-year-old neighbor responded with a hunting knife with a 22-centimeter blade and stabbed the older man's apartment door three times.
• After a brief lull, the 19-year-old deployed pepper spray in the stairwell, injuring the 26-year-old and his father.
• Officers from Wiesloch calmed the situation at the scene and seized both the axe and the knife as evidence.
• The Leimen police post is conducting the investigation, and officials noted a possible long-running dispute with no arrests or charges announced.