Overview

• Police say a 21-year-old U.S. citizen was stabbed after intervening when two men harassed female passengers on tram line 7.
• The attack occurred at about 00:25 near the Neustädter Markt stop in Dresden in a tram headed toward Gorbitz.
• Officers detained a 21-year-old Syrian man near the scene, while the second suspect fled and had not been caught at the time of reporting.
• Authorities opened investigations for dangerous bodily injury against the detained suspect and the other man.
• Police appealed for witnesses, especially fellow passengers, and asked anyone with information to contact Polizeidirektion Dresden at (0351) 483 22 33.