Dresden tram stabbing: Police appeal for witnesses
August 25, 2025
Police in the eastern German city of Dresden have appealed for witnesses to come forward after a stabbing incident that took place on a tram in the early hours of Sunday morning.
What Dresden police have said about the stabbing
Police said that an altercation took place involving three people on the Gorbitz-bound tram at the the Neustädter Markt stop early Sunday at 00:25 local time (2225 UTC/GMT late Saturday).
According to the police, two men from a group were harassing female passengers.
A 21-year-old US citizen attempted to intervene but was stabbed by one of two men involved in the altercation.
The police apprehended a 21-year-old Syrian national but have yet to capture an unidentified man wanted for grievous bodily harm, among other things.
US daily tabloid The New York Post published pictures appearing to show the interior of the blood-spattered tram.
Police confirmed that the man who had been detained had since been released as the search for the other suspect continued.
Edited by: Dmytro Hubenko