After a brutal knife attack: Police are desperately looking for the perpetrator in Rostock!

After a brutal knife attack: Police are desperately looking for the perpetrator in Rostock!

Almost ten months after a brutal attack on a 36-year-old woman in Rostock, the perpetrator remains unknown. The incident occurred on February 6 this year in downtown Rostock when the woman was seriously injured during a knife attack. Loud Borken newspaper The police still have no trace of the attacker, who is described as a corpulent man between 40 and 50 years old.

The attack, which was specifically aimed at the woman, happened in a backyard where a witness saw the crime and immediately called the police. The 36-year-old suffered multiple stab wounds to her neck, back and arms and had to undergo emergency surgery after the cowardly attacks. She was fighting for her life and is in extremely critical condition Northern Courier reported. Doctors at the Rostock University Hospital are doing everything they can to help her.

Unexplained circumstances of the attack

The exact circumstances of the attack and the perpetrator's motive remain unclear. According to reports, it could be that the perpetrator and victim already knew each other because the attacker was previously waiting on Grubenstrasse. This assumption is supported by the description of eyewitnesses who noted that the attacker stabbed the woman's neck. Despite intensive searches, the police have not yet been able to catch him.

The Rostock incident is not the only one of its kind this year. On February 4, a 17-year-old Afghan man was stabbed to death in Schwerin, while another knife attack in Wismar could have cost the life of a 63-year-old victim. A 21-year-old Iranian suspect was deported to Greece after the incident.

Domestic violence in focus

This brutal attack highlights a growing problem: increasing violence against women. According to a current report by the BKA, registered crimes against women rose sharply in 2024. Almost 266,000 victims of domestic violence were recorded last year. What is particularly alarming is the fact that 85% of completed homicides against women are committed by partners, ex-partners or family members daily news reported.

In order to counteract this shocking development, social associations are calling for secure financing of women's shelters and the comprehensive provision of assistance. The planned Violence Assistance Act, which promises a legal right to protection from 2032, could represent a step in the right direction. Until then, protecting women and combating violence remains a central social concern.