Overview

• Police say the 20-year-old U.S. citizen intervened when two men harassed young women on a Dresden tram late Saturday night into Sunday.
• An unknown attacker slashed the victim's face with a knife, leaving a deep wound; he remains hospitalized and was never in life-threatening condition, according to police.
• Two men fled the scene, and a 21-year-old detained shortly afterward was released because he is not suspected of carrying out the stabbing.
• Authorities report that efforts to locate the suspected main attacker have so far been unsuccessful.
• The U.S. Embassy condemned the assault in a statement on X, praised the victim's intervention, and urged German authorities to pursue the maximum penalty allowed by law.