Two Violent Knife Attacks in Berlin Lead to Separate Court Trials

In one case, a man allegedly stabbed his brother in a family dispute, while in another, a fatal confrontation involved a cuttermesser.

A 53-year-old man is on trial for attempted manslaughter after stabbing his 33-year-old brother multiple times during a dispute in Berlin-Heiligensee in June 2024.
The altercation reportedly stemmed from long-standing family tensions, with the younger brother's drug addiction cited as a source of conflict.
The victim survived the attack thanks to emergency surgery, while his 8-year-old son, who intervened, sustained a minor injury.
In a separate case, a 40-year-old man faces manslaughter charges for fatally stabbing a 34-year-old man in the neck with a cuttermesser during an argument in Berlin-Neukölln in August 2024.
The suspect in the fatal incident claims he intended only to intimidate the victim, not to harm him, and turned himself in to police shortly after the attack.