List of mass stabbing incidents (2020–present)

Midland, Texas, U.S. On 14 March 2020, a Hispanic American man, 18, attacked an Asian family at a Sam's Club in Midland. After grabbing a knife from a store display, the attacker punched the father and cut him before attacking two of his sons, aged two and six. A Sam's Club employee and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer held the attacker down, with the store employee being stabbed in the process. The attacker yelled for the family to "get out of America" during the attack and later told police he attacked them because he believed they were Chinese and responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, though the family was actually Burmese. The attacker pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison. Romans-sur-Isère, France Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. South Hedland, Australia On 1 May, a fly-in fly-out worker from Perth attacked seven people in a shopping centre. None died but five were hospitalised. Police shot the attacker dead. Vrútsky, Slovakia On 11 June, one person was killed and five others were injured in a mass stabbing at a school. The perpetrator was shot dead. Berkshire, U.K. Glasgow, Scotland, U.K. At approximately 12:50 pm on 26 June 2020, a man stabbed six people in the Park Inn Hotel, West George Street in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland. The attacker was cornered in an upstairs room of the hotel where he was shot dead by a police officer. Earlier, a police officer had responded to the initial call for emergency services to attend the scene and was injured shortly after arriving at the hotel. Armed response units were then called to the scene, before evacuating all staff members and asylum seekers to safety before attempting to apprehend the attacker. The attacker stabbed and injured six people, including a police officer and hotel staff. He later recovered and left the hospital. One was in critical condition. At the time of the attack, the Park Inn Hotel had been closed to all potential guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was instead being used by Mears Group to accommodate asylum seekers. A spokeswoman for the campaign group Positive Action In Housing said the hotel was housing asylum seekers for the Mears Group, a housing and social care provider; 100 asylum seekers were said to have been residing there. The attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, was a 28-year-old male asylum seeker from Sudan who had arrived in the UK six months earlier. He went on a rampage after numerous reports had been made to the relevant authorities by charities and other asylum seekers residing in Park Inn Hotel, who were concerned about his deteriorating mental health, and the potential risk he posed to himself and others. Police Scotland announced that the stabbing was not being treated as a terrorist incident. Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable Steve Johnson said, "As would be the case in any police discharge of firearms involving a fatality, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to investigate." Detectives are investigating whether the attacker was in any way inspired by the mass stabbing attack in Reading six days prior. Sarpsborg, Norway On 15 July, a woman was killed and two more were injured in a series of stabbings. The perpetrator was arrested. Manchester, England, U.K. On 26 July 2020, four people were stabbed in Moss Side in Manchester, England. 17-year-old Mohamoud Mohamed died at the scene. The incident was the result of a gangland feud between Rusholme Crips and Moss Side's AO, or, 'Active Only'. Both gangs are believed to have grown out of Manchester's notorious Gooch and Doddington outfits. The attack happened a month after a mass shooting in the same area that killed two people. Police were called to a disturbance in Henbury Street, Moss Side, at 7:30 pm. A murder investigation was launched following the death of one of the victims, teenager Mohamoud Mohamed. The alleged perpetrators and members of Moss Side's AO were arrested the next day. On 12 February 2021, four men were convicted of manslaughter; Daneaco Reid, 19; Jamall Walters, 18; Romeo Daley, 18; and a 17-year-old boy. They were all arrested and charged with murder. Members of the two rival Manchester gangs would often release music and videos taunting and threatening each other, which some believe has led to more violence. In court, some of the music from AO's members was played, lyrics to one particular track said: "I swear that's Mo let's kill him, kill him...". The gang members and music artists often express their allegiance in music through the use of certain hand signals, and wearing different colours, Moss Side's AO wearing the red bandana, and Rusholme Crips wearing light blue. Paris, France On 25 September 2020, two people were injured in a stabbing outside the former headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The magazine's headquarters had previously been the site of an Islamic terrorist attack in 2015. The French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin considered this to be "clearly an act of Islamist terrorism." A man from Pakistan, suspected of carrying out the attacks, was arrested near the scene. Six other suspects were subsequently arrested in Paris in connection with the attack. The main suspect was identified as a 25-year-old Pakistani man, who is charged with "attempted murder in association with a terrorist enterprise." The suspect acknowledged having carried out the attack for religious reasons. He claimed to be 18 in order to be eligible for social welfare benefits. The suspect left his village in the Punjab region in Pakistan in early 2018 and came to Europe, following his brothers and other young men from the village. According to Associated Press, villagers considered the suspect a hero for carrying out the Paris attack. The suspect's father championed his son's actions, but was warned by Pakistani police against speaking publicly. Zielona Góra, Poland On 29 September 2020, 3 people were attacked with knives in a school. Possible anti Semitic motivation Nice, France Quebec City, Quebec, Canada On the night of Halloween 2020, at about 10:30 p.m. local time, a man dressed in a medieval costume carried out a mass stabbing in Quebec City, attacking people with a katana-style saber near the provincial legislature, the National Assembly of Quebec. The victims were chosen at random. Two people were killed, Suzanne Clermont, a 61-year-old woman and François Duchesne, a 56-year-old man, and five others were injured. Carl Girouard, a 24-year-old man from Sainte-Thérèse on Montreal's North Shore, was arrested. The police reported that the attacker was prepared to inflict as much damage as possible, and had gasoline containers in his car. The man was not affiliated with any terror group, according to police, but his motivations are unknown. Police said that the man had, five years prior, expressed to a doctor threats to perform similar actions. On 18 June 2021, Prosecutor François Godin filed a direct indictment, with Girouard set to go directly to trial without a preliminary hearing. On 20 May 2022, after five days of deliberation, Carl Girouard was convicted of the first degree murders of François Duchesne and Suzanne Clermont. He faced life in prison with no possibility of parole within the next 25 years. Kaiyuan, China On 27 December 2020, a man stabbed fourteen people in Kaiyuan, China, killing seven. As the school was closed at the time of the incident, no students or teachers were hurt. The victims were all passersby, mainly middle-aged or elderly women. The attacker then stabbed and wounded a policeman before being arrested. The suspect, identified as Yang Moufeng, is a man in his 60s. == 2021 ==

Mwenda, Democratic Republic of the Congo On 4 January 22 people were killed in a mass stabbing committed by the ADF. Vetlanda, Sweden Some minutes before 14:55 local time, near the street of Bangårdsgatan in the southern Swedish locality of Vetlanda, a man went on a 19-minute mass stabbing rampage in the streets, attacking random pedestrians with a knife. The police received its first emergency calls at 14:54 local time, with the first patrol arriving at 15:10. Three minutes later, the attacker was shot by police and wounded, before being arrested. The police investigation concluded that the attack was not a terrorist act. An investigation by the Swedish National Board of Forensic Medicine found that the perpetrator was not suffering from a severe mental disorder (, a Swedish legal term), during the attack. This meant that he could be sent to prison when found guilty instead of a psychiatric institution. Seven civilians were stabbed. The oldest victim was born in 1945, and the youngest was born in 1985. They were all men. All casualties, including the perpetrator, were hospitalised. Three of them were initially in life-threatening, critical condition; two were seriously injured, two others were moderately injured and one individual was slightly injured. The perpetrator is Tamim Sultani, an Afghan who had sought asylum in Sweden claiming to be 22 years old and lived in an apartment in Vetlanda. According to public records, he applied for asylum in Norway using an Afghan passport which said he was born in 1988. Norway rejected his application. He then migrated to Sweden in 2018 and applied for asylum again, this time saying he was born in 1999. He received a temporary residence permit which was later extended. The Swedish Migration Agency did not send him back to Norway which they should have according to the Dublin Regulation. He moved to Vetlanda in April 2020, He was frequently helped by a woman from the social services. He had a previous conviction for drug offences and was known by the police for committing minor offences. He was found guilty of seven attempted murder and a minor narcotics offense. He was sentenced to life in prison and deportation from Sweden and ordered to pay damages to each stabbing victim. North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada On 27 March 2021, one person was killed and six others were injured in a mass stabbing in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A man named Yannick Bandaogo was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. In September 2021, he was additionally charged with one count of aggravated assault and five counts of attempted murder. Bandaogo did not know any of his victims. On 29 May 2023, he pleaded guilty to all of the charges. On 31 August 2023, he was sentenced to life imprisonment. Beiliu, China Potsdam, Germany On 28 April, 4 people were killed and another one was injured in an attack at a hospital, the perpetrator, identified as a female hospital's employee, was arrested. The victims were all patients. Saudades, Brazil Dunedin, New Zealand Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo On 27 May, Islamist TERRORISTS entered a Congolese town and proceeded to stab people while raiding the village. 22 people were killed. The attack happened only 2 months after a 1st attack killed 15 people. Anqing, China The 2021 Anqing stabbing attack was a mass stabbing in which seven people were killed and 13 others wounded in Anqing, China on 5 June 2021. The attack is believed to have been committed by a single attacker. The attacker wielded a knife and indiscriminately stabbed pedestrians in the streets. The suspected perpetrator was identified as 25 years old and unemployed when the stabbings had occurred. He was later identified as Liang Wu, and was sentenced to death on 15 November 2021 on counts of homicide. The perpetrator reportedly confessed to the crime and was motivated by his family problems, and was a self described pessimist. He apparently viewed his attack as a way to "vent" from his family issues. Würzburg, Germany Tokyo, Japan Auckland, New Zealand Kongsberg, Norway Espen Andersen Bråthen, a 37-year-old Danish citizen born in Norway, attacked eight people with various weapons – including a bow and arrow and knife – at locations in Kongsberg, Buskerud. Five people were killed, and three others were injured. == 2022 ==

Djugu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Albuquerque, New Mexico On 13 February, a man rode a bicycle through the city stabbing 11 people. He was later caught and taken into custody. Beersheba, Israel Mashhad, Iran Bermondsey, England, U.K. In the early morning hours of 25 April 2022, neighbours heard screams from a three-bedroomed terraced house in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in south London, England. Police attended at 1:40 am, discovering the bodies of three women and a man inside the house. They were a 64-year-old Jamaican woman, her 58-year-old partner, as well as her 45-year-old daughter, and 28-year-old granddaughter. On 1 March 2024, Jacques was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 46 years. El'ad, Israel Aachen, Germany On 13 May, an attack occurred in a train station injuring 6 people. The police arrested an Iraqi man and were investigating if it was a terrorist attack. Buskerud, Norway On 20 May, three people were injured one critically in attacks in Uvdal and Nore. Police said it was due to a domestic dispute, The perpetrator was a Syrian migrant. Kressbronn, Germany On 28 June, 1 person was killed and 5 other were injured in an attack at a shelter for asylum-seekers. Shanghai, China On 9 July, 4 people were wounded in a stabbing in a hospital. Police opened fire and subdued the suspect. Somerset, Wisconsin, U.S. Jiangxi, China Saskatchewan, Canada Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. On 6 October, a stabbing spree occurred along the Las Vegas Strip, killing two people and injuring at least six. The incident occurred in front of the Wynn Casino. It is the deadliest stabbing attack in the United States since the 2020 Knox County stabbing. Security footage shows a man entering the Wynn Casino, where he reportedly asked the janitor to contact ICE for him so he could return to his home in Guatemala. Shortly afterward, he then told a security guard at the Wynn that he was trying to sell his knives. Just before 11:40 a.m. when performers dressed as showgirls were approached by the suspect outside the hotel, he reportedly told a group of four showgirl impersonators that he was a chef at the Wynn. The suspect asked to take a picture with some of the showgirls for free, but they declined. Soon after, he proceeded to stab two of the showgirls. He then began running and attacked six more people—a combination of locals and tourists—before fleeing, pursued by witnesses. A man in a bloodstained chef's white jacket was arrested a short time later, and police retrieved a knife from nearby bushes that they believed had been thrown there in the retreat. Police reported that the accused thought that his first victims were "laughing at him and making fun of his clothing", and that he continued the attack to "let the anger out". KSNV obtained records of a 2019 domestic violence charge filed against him in California, which was not prosecuted due to a COVID-19 pandemic-related backlog in the court system and the victim's non-appearance in court. His public defender raised mental health concerns at an arraignment hearing the week following his arrest, and in December, two court psychiatrists found Barrios unable to understand court proceedings or the charges against him. He was ordered to indefinite care at a state psychiatric facility until found competent to face charges. Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand Ludwigshafen, Germany On 18 October 2 people were killed and another was injured after a stabbing attack, the perpetrator, a Somali National was arrested. It was an Islamist terrorist attack Assago, Italy On 27 October, 1 person was killed and 5 others including Spanish footballer Pablo Mari were injured in a mass stabbing in a carrefour supermarket. The perpetrator, a man with mental health problems, who used a knife from a shelf was arrested at the scene. Brussels, Belgium A stabbing attack happened on 10 November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, killing a police officer and injuring another. Authorities suspect the attack to be terror-related. The attacker shouted the Arabic phrase allahu akbar while committing the stabbing. At around 18:15 (GMT) close to the city's Brussels-North railway station two officers were stabbed before the attacker was shot in the legs and abdomen by another police patrol arriving at the scene. One of the police officers died after being stabbed in the neck. The other wounded officer as well as the attacker were hospitalised. The suspect is a 32-year-old Belgian-Moroccan named Yassine Mahi, who was born and domiciled in Brussels. He was known to the Belgian security authorities and appeared on a list of radicalized Muslims. In the morning on the same day the stabbing incident happened, he made threats against the police on a police station. Despite the threats he was not arrested but instead brought by the police to the psychiatric unit of the Saint-Luc hospital, where he stayed voluntarily for psychiatric treatment. There he was able to leave the hospital. The police checked the criteria for psychiatric surveillance, but because he voluntarily went to psychiatric treatment, the legal criteria was not given. Ariel, West Bank On 15 November 2022, a vehicle-ramming and stabbing attack killed three Israelis and wounded three others in the West Bank settlement of Ariel. The attacker started by stabbing a security guard at the entrance to the Ariel Industrial Park and then fatally stabbed two men and wounded another during a knife attack at the Ten gas station which was 60–70 meters away. He left the scene with his vehicle which he rammed into a group of cars, fatally injuring a 50-year-old man from Kiryat Netafim. A civilian exited his car to help the wounded man which the perpetrator used as an opportunity to steal the man's BMW and drive off. He drove the vehicle to an area on the road with traffic where he tried to attack more cars. The killer was shot dead by civilians and security forces, at around 9:48 am local time, twenty minutes after the attack had started. His home was demolished by the Israeli military in May 2023. Reykjavik, Iceland On November 17, a mass stabbing at the Bankastræti Club occurred, believed to be the result of an ongoing feud and involving multiple suspects. It led to the highest number of arrests in a single manhunt in Iceland's history. A policeman was fired when reported to have leaked videos of the stabbing. Moscow, Idaho, U.S. == 2023 ==

Paris, France On 11 January, 6 people were injured in a mass stabbing in the Gare du Nord train station. The attacker was shot, arrested, and hospitalised. Brokstedt, Germany Algeciras, Spain São Paulo, Brazil A teacher was stabbed and killed and 5 other people were injured in a school attack. A 13-year-old student was taken to a police station. Lisbon, Portugal Blumenau, Brazil Manaus, Brazil Santa Tereza de Goiás, Brazil Duisburg, Germany On 18 April, 4 people were injured in an attack at a gym. Bodmin, England, U.K. In the early hours of 30 April, a deadly knife fight and stabbing between 2 groups was enemy after argument outside a nightclub in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, left 4 people dead including 1 man beheaded by machete and 7 others injured. 4 people being stabbed who then subsequently died at the scene. Seven other men and women were injured by stab wounds and taken to hospital. Injuries ranged from ‘serious’ to ‘minor’, but none were life-threatening. Five of the injured were released from hospital within 24 hours, and the remaining two remained longer in hospital to recover from surgery. On 4 May, the judge said that the public should refrain from discussing the case, in order to guarantee a fair trial. A tribute site was set up at Bodmin RFC, where people could gather to remember Michael Allen, pay their respects and lay flowers. Additionally, the local Bodmin Youth FC football team closed its nearby ground at Coldharbour after the incident and cancelled training on 3 and 4 May 2023 out of respect. On 12 April 2024, and following a trial at Truro Crown Court, Jake Hill was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of Michael Riddiough-Allen. Tomisławice, Poland On 10 May, a 19-year-old man went on a rampage in an orphanage killing a 16-year-old girl and injuring 9 other people. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. On 14 May, four women were injured after being stabbed during a fight at an apartment building on Milwaukee's northside. Two women and a teenage girl were later apprehended. Afterwards, ten knives were reportedly recovered from the scene. Eskilstuna, Sweden On 1 June, four people were injured in an attack at a school. Annecy, France Mpondwe, Uganda Lianjiang, China Seoul, South Korea On 21 July, 1 person was killed and 3 other were injured in a stabbing attack near subway station. The attacker was apprehended. Santiago, Chile Between 31 August and 1 September 2023, Begoña Lauga Blanco, an engineer in Las Condes, stabbed her three children (one of whom suffered from Down syndrome) to death, one-by-one, with a knife before alerting her husband via WhatsApp about the murders and finally slitting her own throat. When her husband arrived, Lauga was alive but injured. By the time paramedics arrived on scene, she had bled out to death. It was later revealed she suffered from clinical depression and her husband had just started divorce proceedings. Canberra, Australia On 18 September, 3 people were injured in a mass stabbing at the Australian national university, the attacker was detained. Jerez de la Frontera, Spain Arras, France On 13 October 2023, a mass stabbing occurred at the Gambetta-Carnot secondary school in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France. One person was killed, and three others were seriously wounded. The attack was postulated to be connected to rumours that Hamas had called for a global day of terrorism on the 13th. The suspect was previously known to the French security services for his involvement with radical Islamism.At around 11:00 CEST on 13 October 2023, the attack began in the school's car park. According to witnesses the suspect was heard shouting "Allahu akbar" during the attack. The attacker was confronted by a teacher and other members of staff including the headmaster before being detained by police. A French language teacher, Dominique Bernard, was killed while another teacher, a security guard and a cleaner were seriously injured. The suspected attacker is a Russian man of Ingush origin who was born in 2003 and moved to France with his family in 2008. The suspect was listed at a state list of potential dangerous persons and the domestic secret service DGSI is said to have, among other things, intercepted his telephone conversations. The suspect is a former student of the school and his younger brother was also detained on the same day. The attacker pledged allegiance to the Islamic State and expressed his hatred for France. The funeral of Bernard was held in the Arras cathedral with screens used to broadcast the hundred watching outside. Bernard was posthumously awarded the Legion of Honor by French President Macron. Immediately after the attack France mobilized at least 7,000 soldiers to be stationed around the country for an increase in security. Classes were canceled at the Gambetta-Carnot school where Bernard taught, and bomb threats were seen across the country, in airports, the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. On the evening 23 October 15-year-old Erik Mendoza stabbed three people within minutes of each other on Milwaukee's northside at random. • The first stabbing occurred around 6:50 p.m. when an 18-year-old man was stabbed in the back near the intersection of 42nd and North Avenue. • At around 7:07 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the shoulder while walking near the intersection of 35th and Center Street. • The last stabbing occurred around 7:15 p.m, at the intersection of Sherman Boulevard and Center Street, when a 38-year-old year old woman was stabbed in the back of the neck as she waited at a bus stop. Two days later, on 26 October, Mendoza, along with 27-year-old David Pietura, allegedly killed 5-year-old Prince McCree in the basement house they shared with McCree. In July 2024, Pietura was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in McCree's death. Mendoza currently awaits trial. Crépol, France On the night of 19 November, a group of around 10 people armed with knives attacked people at a village festival in Crépol, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. Seventeen people were wounded, three critically; a 16-year-old boy was killed. Los Angeles, California, U.S. Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. A senior student at Louisiana Tech University was charged with stabbing four women on campus on 13 November 2023, killing one. According to police, the suspect first threatened a student playing basketball inside the Lambright Sports and Wellness Center before chasing him outside. The man then stabbed two women leaving an exercise class, killing one. The man then attacked another woman who taught a class at the center, as well as a woman to attempted to intervene. Paris, France On 2 December 2023, a French Islamist of Iranian origin carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them. On Quai de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, just before 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on 2 December 2023, an Islamist attacked three people using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted Allahu Akbar. and arrested him for premeditated murder and terrorist-motivated attempted murder. He acquired French nationality on 20 March 2002, through the collective effet of his parents' naturalization. His birth first name was Iman, but it was changed in 2003. == 2024 ==

Melbourne and St. Kilda, Australia On January 6 and 7, a man stabbed five people at multiple locations in the late evening and early morning hours. Rizhao, China Wuppertal, Germany On February 22, a student stabbed 5 people in a school before attempting suicide and getting arrested. Vienna, Austria On 23 February, 3 women were stabbed to death in a brothel. A 27 year old suspect was arrested. Guadalajara, Mexico On 6 March, 3 people were killed after a student at a school attacked people with a knife and an axe. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. On 10 March 2024. A man fatally stabbed his wife and three children, aged 17, 12, and 10, at a residence located in the Manoa neighborhood. The man then committed suicide. He did this because the family was in financial distress. Cullinan, South Africa On 12 March, 3 Coptic Christian monks from Egypt were stabbed to death in an orthodox church. A 4th person was reportedly hit with an iron rod. Río Bueno, Chile On 25 March, Francisco Uribe Obando stabbed a pregnant woman, her husband of 12 years, and their 10-year-old daughter to death. The suspect has since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and is awaiting trial. Rockford, Illinois, U.S. Bondi Junction, Australia Wakeley, Australia Zhenxiong, China On 7 May, a 40-year-old man stabbed two people to death and injured 21 others in a knife attack before being arrested. He had been imprisoned before due to injuring others over a motorcycle dispute in 2013. Zofingen, Switzerland On 15 May, a stabbing attack occurred in a railway station in the northern Swiss town of Zofingen leaving 6 injured. The perpetrator was arrested afterwards. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan On 16 May, 4 people were injured with a knife at a tennis club. Norilsk, Russia On 18 May, a 34-year-old man killed a 36-year-old woman in her apartment, injured her 12-year-old son, then exited and injured a man and a woman he did not know and was apprehended. Taichung, Taiwan Massachusetts and Connecticut, U.S. On 25 May 2024, a 26-year-old Martha's Vineyard man allegedly stabbed four girls at the AMC Braintree 10 movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts. Hours later, the same man allegedly stabbed two McDonald's employees at a restaurant in Quincy. He was arrested in Sandwich later that day and was charged in connection with those stabbings, as well as the stabbing death of a man in Deep River, Connecticut, believed to have been committed before the movie theater stabbing. Mannheim, Germany Jilin City, China On 10 June 2024, four Americans from Cornell College, Iowa were stabbed while visiting a temple in Beishan Park, along with one Chinese national. Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. On 12 and 13 June 2024, a 19-year-old man stabbed three people in different neighborhoods throughout Charlotte. Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. On 17 June 2024, a 27-year-old man stabbed and injured nine people during a confrontation between two groups outside of a restaurant on Indianapolis's northwest side. The man was later arrested. Huntington Beach, California, U.S. On 4 July 2024, two people were killed and three others were injured when a man exited a vehicle and began stabbing people celebrating Independence Day on a residential street. Hayes, England, U.K. Between 3 and 8 July 2024 four men were attacked in Hayes, West London by a man described by the officers as a being a muscular black male with straight hair aged around 35, carrying a knife. • In the first incident, A 42-year-old man suffered an injury to his ear when he was attacked in the morning of Wednesday 3 July. • On Sunday 7 July, a 41-year-old man sustained multiple cuts around his face and neck when he was attacked in the same location as the previous incident. • Later the same day, a man was slashed in the face with a knife. • In the early hours of Monday 8 July, a 47-year-old man suffered an injury to his eye after being attacked by the same perpetrator. Tagaytay, Philippines On 10 July, 3 people were stabbed to death in a hotel in the Philippines including 2 Australian tourists. Holon, Israel On 4 August 2024, a mass stabbing targeting civilians occurred at three nearby locations in Holon. The attack resulted in the deaths of two elderly individuals—a 66-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man—while two others were injured. The attacker, a 35-year-old Palestinian man from Salfit, West Bank(Samaria), was shot and killed at the scene by a police officer. Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas later issued a statement mourning the perpetrator, describing him as a "martyred hero." Eskisehir, Turkey On 12 August 2024, a mass stabbing occurred outside of a mosque in Eskisehir. The attacker, identified as 18-year-old Arda Küçükyetim, stabbed and wounded five people before being arrested. He was caught with an axe, a bulletproof vest and helmet, all adorned with neo-Nazi symbology. Solingen, Germany On the evening of 23 August 2024, a man armed with a knife attacked several people at a festival in Solingen marking the city's 650 years. The stabbing resulted in at least three fatalities and multiple severe injuries. The perpetrator, described by witnesses as appearing of Arab descent, fled the scene and initially remained at large. The Islamic State later claimed responsibility for the attack. Later the suspect turned himself in to police. Engadine, Australia On 25 August, 4 people were injured in a stabbing attack in a car after a domestic incident. The perpetrator was later taken into custody with self-inflicted wounds. Eiserfeld, Germany On 30 August, at around 7:40 p.m., a 32-year-old woman armed with a knife stabbed and wounded five people on a bus on Freiengründer Strasse on its way to a music festival. The suspect was detained and did not resist arrest. Azambuja, Portugal Around lunchtime on 17 September 2024, a 12-year-old boy armed with a knife, and wearing a bulletproof vest, stabbed six classmates at a school in Azambuja, near Lisbon. Shortly after, the police arrested the attacker. Police later found evidence that the 12-year-old attacker was being influenced by Nazi ideology. Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada Three people were stabbed and injured when a man armed with a knife entered a mosque on 20 September in Châteauguay, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. New York City, New York, U.S. Six people were stabbed and injured in the early hours of 22 September in the Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn. Shanghai, China On 30 September, a 37-year-old man stabbed and killed 3 people and injured 15 others at a supermarket in Shanghai's Songjiang district. The suspect was later arrested. Zurich, Switzerland On 1 October, three children were injured—one of them seriously—in a knife attack at a daycare center in the Swiss city of Zurich. A spokesperson for the city's police force stated that a 23-year-old Chinese man attacked a group of children who were being led to the center by a staff member. Ontario, Canada Between 1 and 3 October, three people were fatally stabbed in Toronto, Hamilton, and Niagara Falls. Redding, California, U.S. A woman was killed and three other men were injured when a 31-year-old local man at a hotel suddenly attacked without provocation during a meeting on 8 October in Downtown Redding. The suspect was later arrested. Hadera, Israel On October 9, a man stabbed 6 people with an axe killing 1 and injuring the other one before he got shot dead by police. Cincinnati, Ohio On 24 October, a 66-year-old man stabbed 3 people to death before stabbing himself at College Hill in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was arrested and later died from his wounds. Montréal, Canada On 25 October, 4 people were injured after 2 teenagers went amok in a school. They were both arrested. Saint-Petersburg, Russia On 25 October, at about 11:40, a man, armed with two knives being in a state of psychosis, attacked people in a supermarket "O’Key". He injured five people before being detained and hospitalized. Before the attack, he shouted "I hate people!". In May 2025 he was sent to compulsory psychiatric treatment. Kagadi, Uganda On 30 October, an unknown cult stabbed multiple people, leaving 8 dead and 8 more injured. 2 of the attackers were shot dead by the Ugandan police. Seattle, Washington, U.S. A series of stabbings in the span of two days left ten people injured on 7 and 8 November. • The first incident occurred on 7 November across the Chinatown-International District, when a 52-year-old woman was found with multiple stab wounds early morning. • Later that same day, a 32-year-old man was found with multiple stab wounds during afternoon. At around 8 p.m., a 37-year-old man was stabbed multiple times in the back. A 60-year-old man was then stabbed at 8:39 p.m. • On 8 November, a 53-year-old man was stabbed in the neck at around 1 a.m. • At around 2 p.m., five people were found stabbed in four different locations. Four men were in critical condition, while a fifth male was treated at the scene. The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old man from Las Vegas, Nevada, was later arrested. Yixing, China New York City, New York, U.S. On 18 November, a 51-year-old man stabbed three people within hours of each other in Manhattan at random. • The first incident occurred around 8:30a.m. in Chelsea, when 36-year-old Angel Lata Landi, a construction worker, was stabbed in the abdomen. Landi was later taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead. • At 10:25a.m., a 67-year-old man was stabbed in Kips Bayneighborhood as he fished along the East River near FDR drive. He was also taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was where he was pronounced dead. • The last stabbing occurred around 10:55 a.m, when 36-year-old Augustin Wilma was stabbed multiple times in the chest and left arm in the Murray Hill neighborhood near the United Nations Headquarters. Wilma was taken to the New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where she later succumbed to her injuries later in the day. After the stabbing of Wilma, the suspect was arrested near East 46th Street and 1st Avenue. The man was identified as Roman Rivera, a homeless man. Port-au-Prince, Haiti Zagreb, Croatia Verucchio, Italy On 31 December, a 23-year-old man of Egyptian Islamic origin stabbed and injured five people in new year celebrations before getting shot dead by a soldier. == 2025 ==

Lucknow, India On 1 January, a 24-year-old man was arrested after he stabbed and killed his mother and four sisters in an honour killing. Puente Alto, Chile On 10 January, a 26-year-old man (who had previously been arrested for home abuse and received a restraining order against entering the household of his would-be victims) stabbed his own mother and his 6-year-old nephew to death, along with attacking another member of the household, a 39-year-old woman who managed to escape and call police. The man then fled on foot, injuring two more people, including a policewoman. As he stabbed her in the neck, responding officers shot him dead. Denver, Colorado, U.S. On 11 and 12 January, four people were stabbed on the vicinity of the 16th Street Mall. A 24-year-old was arrested in connection of the stabbings. Mahaicony, Guyana On 15 January, a drug addict went on a rampage in Mahaicony, Guyana, killing two people and injuring another. The perpetrator was shot and killed by police. Spišská Stará Ves, Slovakia Miami, Florida On 16 January, two homeless people were killed and two others were injured in an attack. The 30-year-old suspect was arrested. Tel-Aviv, Israel On 21 January, four people were injured in a terrorist attack. The perpetrator, a Moroccan-US Muslim national, was killed by an armed civilian. Nagano, Japan On 22 January, one person was killed while two others were injured in a stabbing attack near Nagano Station. A suspect was arrested on 26 January. Aschaffenburg, Germany On 22 January, two people were killed and three others injured when the suspect, a 28-year-old Muslim man from Afghanistan with a history of violent behavior and under psychiatric treatment, deliberately attacked a kindergarten group with a kitchen knife. A two-year-old boy of Moroccan origin and a 41-year-old German man were killed, while two adults and a two-year-old Syrian girl were injured. Villach, Austria On 15 February, a 23-year-old Syrian Islamist murdered a 14-year-old boy and injured five other individuals. Mulhouse, France On 22 February, one person was killed and seven others were injured in a suspected terrorist attack at a market. A 37-year-old Algerian islamist was arrested at the scene and the prosecutor has opened a terrorist inquiry because the suspect reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar". Haifa, Israel On 3 March, a seventy-year-old man was killed and three other people were injured in a possible terrorist attack at a bus stop. The perpetrator was killed. Atwater, California, U.S. On 19 March, four people were injured in an attack with a sickle. A 38-year-old stabbed three people at a bus station before stabbing and carjacking a person. He was later arrested after crashing during a police chase. Amsterdam, Netherlands On 27 March, 30-year old Ukrainian citizen from Donetsk attacks 67-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man with American nationality, a 26-year-old man with Polish nationality, a 73-year-old Belgian woman and a 19-year-old Dutch woman in the Sint Nicolaasstraat area in the vicinity of Dam Square in central Amsterdam Trondheim, Norway On March 29, four people were injured in a stabbing attack in the Norwegian city. The perpetrator was arrested and was also reported to be among the injured. Duhok, Iraq On 1 April, three Assyrians were attacked with an axe at an Akitu celebration in Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. The perpetrator who was a Muslim supporter of ISIS was arrested. Washington, D.C, U.S. On 3 April, a man stabbed himself multiple times before stabbing and injuring six bystanders in a stabbing rampage near Gallaudet University in Trinidad, Washington, D.C.. A suspect that was under the influence of drugs was arrested. New York City, New York, U.S. On 6 April, four children were stabbed and injured with a meat cleaver inside of a house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States. The perpetrator was shot and critically injured by responding officers. Perry, Georgia, U.S. Also on 6 April, a person stabbed three adults and a child to death at home. A suspect who authorities believed knew the family was arrested. Los Angeles, California, U.S. On 12 April, five people, three critically, were stabbed in the Reseda neighborhood of Northwest Los Angeles. Belize City, Belize Kolkata, India On 17 April, a group of knife wielding people stabbed and injured three people near Park Circus. Antipolo, Philippines On 22 April, a man entered a bakery and fatally stabbed seven employees while they were sleeping. A suspect was arrested but the motive is unknown. Nantes, France On 24 April, one person was killed and three others were critically injured in a stabbing attack with two knives at a private school. A 15-year-old student was detained. Cheongju, South Korea On 28 April, a student with an intellectual disability stabbed six people, three of which were staff members who suffered serious injuries including the principal, with a knife at a high school in North Chungcheong Province before jumping from a reservoir and later being rescued. Tianjin, China Also on 28 April, a 47-year-old man attacked six medical staff with a knife in the orthopedic department of Tianjin Hospital, killing two people and injuring four others. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada On 2 May, three people were stabbed at a mosque by two suspects during an altercation in downtown Hamilton, Ontario. One person was taken to hospital, one person was treated at the scene and another showed up at a hospital. Big Stone Gap, Virginia, U.S. Also on 2 May, five police officers required medical treatment after a stabbing attack by six inmates, including five MS-13 members, at the Wallens Ridge State Prison in Big Stone Gap. Chicago, Illinois, U.S. On 2 May, seven people were injured in a stabbing attack and fight on a lawn. Warsaw, Poland On 7 May, a woman was decapitated and two others were injured, including a security guard critically, in an axe attack at an auditorium on the campus of University of Warsaw. A 22-year-old Polish man reported to be a third-year law student was arrested by police. His motive is unknown but police are investigating the attack. Santa Ana, California, U.S. Also on 7 May, one student was killed and two others were injured in a stabbing attack outside the entrance of Santa Ana High School in Orange County. The suspects, described by police as Hispanic males, fled the scene but were later arrested. Riverside, California, U.S. On 12 May, five people were stabbed and injured, including one critically, at a sober living facility in Riverside. The suspect was a resident at the facility that stabbed his roommates and barricaded himself before surrendering to officers. The suspect also suffered injuries. Bielefeld, Germany On 18 May, a stabbing attack occurred outside of a bar, injuring five people. The perpetrator was a Syrian national. Halle, Germany Also on 18 May, three people were stabbed during an altercation in front of a private residence. Pirkkala, Finland On 20 May, A 16-year-old student went on a stabbing attack in a school targeting women resulting in three people getting injured. Fukuyama, Japan On 21 May, three people were stabbed and injured at a high school. Hamburg, Germany Melbourne, Australia On 25 May, four people were injured in a machete attack and fight at the Northland Shopping Centre. Baykalsk, Russia On 28 May, a drunk youth stabbed partygoers, killing 4 people and injuring 4 others. The perpetrator subsequently died in a fire. Bairnsdale, Australia On 29 May, a 24-year-old woman stabbed four men, including an employee at a Woolworths supermarket. Salem, Oregon On 1 June, eleven people were stabbed and injured at a homeless shelter in Salem. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada On 2 June, five people were stabbed and injured, including three hospitalized with critical injuries, in an isolated incident during a fight between a group of people in the North End of Winnipeg. Hubei, China On 4 June, three students were injured in a stabbing at Wuhan University in Wuhan. A 23-year-old male student identified as Zhu was arrested at the scene. The perpetrator committed the attack due to academic difficulties. The attack is under investigation. Macon, Georgia, U.S. On 5 June, one inmate, 22-year-old Breele Jahiem Johnson, was stabbed and killed while four other inmates ranging from 19 to 40-years-old were injured during an altercation inside the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center jail in Macon, Georgia. Paris, France On 23 June, 145 people were pricked with syringes by strangers, many of them at a music festival in Paris, after calls for the act were placed on the internet. Police detained 12 people in connection with the attacks. Authorities are unsure if substances were used in the syringes, but many of the victims said they felt ill afterward. Mellrichstadt, Germany On 1 July, a stabbing attack at the Ueberlandwerke Rhön electric utility company in Mellrichstadt, Bavaria, Germany, left one woman dead and two men seriously injured. The 59-year-old female victim died from multiple stab wounds, while the two male victims, aged 55 and 62, sustained serious injuries. A 21-year-old German man was arrested at the scene. Authorities confirmed there is no ongoing danger to the public and found no evidence of political or terrorist motives. Investigations into the motive are ongoing. Tampere, Finland On 3 July, four people were stabbed near the Ratina shopping centre in Tampere, southern Finland, on Thursday afternoon. The victims, all adults, sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were given first aid at the scene before being hospitalized. Police quickly detained a Finnish man in his twenties as the suspect. Authorities have ruled out any terrorist or racist motives at this stage and are investigating the case as four counts of attempted manslaughter. The shopping centre was temporarily locked down, and the area was cordoned off before being reopened once the situation was secured. Estação, Brazil On 8 July, a 9-year-old was killed and a teacher and another child were injured when a 16-year-old attacked people with a knife at a school in the Estação municipality of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. A suspect was arrested shortly after. The suspect had no criminal record and police did not release his identity or other details. The police said a motive was not immediately clear and an investigation was underway. Estação's town hall said that following the attack classes had been suspended across the area for an undetermined period. Calgary, Alberta, Canada On 9 July, three people were stabbed shortly after 11:00p.m. in a targeted attack at the Euroslide, one of the rides on the Calgary Stampede Midway in Calgary. Traverse City, Michigan, U.S. Southwark, England, U.K. On 28 July, two people, a 58-year-old father and his 27-year-old son, were killed while two others were injured after a stabbing in a business in Long Lane, Southwark. Hunan, China On 3 August, two people are killed and three others are injured in a mass stabbing attack at a primary school in Caizichi, Leiyang, Hunan. Washington, D.C., United States On 16 August, three men were stabbed on H Street. A suspect was arrested and all victims are expected to survive. Quebec, Canada Also on 16 August, three men were stabbed and injured at a park, including two critically, in Saint-Laurent, Montreal. A day later, a 22-year-old man succumbed to his injuries in hospital. No arrests have been made and an investigation is underway. Anhui, China On 28 August, two people were killed and another was injured in a stabbing attack at a market stall in Yingzhou County, Fuyang. The perpetrator, an elderly man, was reportedly being harassed by the stall owner. Marseille, France On 2 September, five people were stabbed and injured, including one critically and two seriously, at a hotel and a street. The Tunisian perpetrator was fatally shot by police after ignoring police warnings to drop his weapons in front of a kebab restaurant near the Old Port of Marseille. The man, armed with two knives and a baton, attacked someone in his old room after being evicted from the hotel for unpaid rent before stabbing the hotel manager and his son and attempting to stab a manager in the snack bar before being chased outside by customers and stabbing two others on a nearby street. He was a legal resident but was known to police. Seoul, South Korea On 3 September, two men and a woman were fatally stabbed at a pizza restaurant in Gwanak District. All victims were pronounced dead upon being transported to hospital. The perpetrator, a man in his 40s, was the owner of the restaurant and got into a dispute with contractors. He attempted to commit suicide but was stopped, injuring himself in the process. Jincheng, Shanxi, China On 4 September, a stabbing at a pork shop in Xishangzhuang, a village in Cheng District of Jincheng City, led to three deaths. The perpetrator, identified as the owner, killed a man during a dispute before killing another customer who attempted to flee upon seeing the murder, and a woman waiting for the man outside. Hollow Water First Nation, Manitoba, Canada Also on 4 September, an 18-year-old woman was killed and eight others were injured in two mass stabbings in Hollow Water First Nation. The suspect, the 26-year-old brother of the victim, died after colliding with a Mountie while fleeing. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania On 24 September, three students were stabbed and wounded at Carrick High School, during a fight taking place. A 16-year-old was arrested, charged with assault, and is currently being denied bail and awaiting trial. Arjona, Venezuela On 9 October, a student stabbed and injured three people at Colegio Virgen del Valle: A cafeteria worker, her daughter, and a teacher. He was allegedly motivated by an "online challenge". Torrance, California On 13 October, three teachers were stabbed in a meeting room at Switzer Learning Center, a school for neurodivergent children; they all received non-life-threatening wounds; the suspect, a 17-year-old ex-student of the school, left an inert explosive device nearby; he was later arrested on attempted murder and explosive charges. San Francisco, California On 26 October, five people were injured and stabbed at a business in the Inner Richmond, San Francisco, California. No injuries were life -threatening. The business' identity was not disclosed, but an address search shows it happened at either a Burger King restaurant or at an Irish pub. As of November 3, no suspects have been identified. Uxbridge, London, U.K. On 28 October, one person was killed and two others, including a 14-year-old, were injured in a mass stabbing in Uxbridge, London. A 22-year-old Afghan national was arrested. Cambridgeshire, UK On 1 November, a multiple stabbing occurred on board a London North Eastern Railway train shortly after it had left Peterborough railway station in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. Two male assailants, of which one had a large knife, indiscriminately attacked passengers on the train and leaving eleven people injured. Småland, Sweden On 14 November, three men were stabbed and injured in Kalmar. Not much is known. Gush Etzion, West Bank(Samaria) On 18 November, two 18-year-old Muslim Palestinian men rammed a vehicle into people at the Gush Etzion Junction before getting out and stabbing people. A man was killed and two others injured before IDF soldiers shot and killed the attackers, also injuring an Israeli woman by accident. Taipei, Taiwan On 19 December, a 27-year-old man threw smoke grenades and stabbed people at two locations, killing three people and injuring eleven others. Mishima, Japan On 26 December, a 38-year-old man injured fifteen of his male co-workers in a mass stabbing and chemical attack at the Yokohama Rubber Company plant in Mishima, Shizuoka, Japan. The suspect targeted his victims as an act of "attempted androcide" and revenge after being harassed by his victims. Eight men were stabbed and seven other men were injured after the suspect sprayed bleach on them. Richelieu, Suriname On 28 December, a 43-year-old man went on mass stabbing spree, killing nine people and injuring two others. The victims included five of his children (all minors), four of whom were killed, and six neighbours. The perpetrator was arrested after being shot by the local police. He died the following day in jail custody in a suspected suicide. Merseyside, UK On December 30, five people were injured by a 20-year-old Afghan man after his request for an appointment was denied at the Newton-le-Willows Community Hospital in Metropolitan Borough of St. Helens, Merseyside, England. == 2026 ==

Antwerp, Belgium On 22 January, six people were injured in a mass stabbing during a Kurdish demonstration in Antwerp, Flanders, Belgium. A group of male assailants indiscriminately attacked the protesters. On site police arrested four suspects and administered first aid before ambulances arrived. Ufa, Russia On 7 February, a 15-year-old boy went on a rampage at his school with a knife wounding 7 people. The attack is believed to have been motivated by neo-Nazism. Osaka, Japan On 14 February, three teenagers were stabbed in an attack, one of them fatally. Police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection to the attack. Key Peninsula, Washington, U.S. On 24 February, four people were stabbed to death by a 32-year-old man in the Key Peninsula, Washington state. The suspect was fatally shot by a responding deputy. Fairfax County, Virginia, U.S. On 1 March, a United States Foreign Service officer stabbed a woman and his own dog to death and injured three other people during a road rage incident along the Capital Beltway. A responding police officer shot and killed the assailant. Los Angeles, California, U.S. On 22 March, five women were stabbed during a dispute at a restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles. Two women, including one of the injured, were arrested. Calama, Chile Tenby, England, UK On 8 April, four people were stabbed at Tenby railway station and later taken to hospital. A 16-year-old and 19-year-old were arrested on suspicion of assault with intent. Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. On 11 April, six people were stabbed during a fight in downtown Raleigh. A man was criminally charged, but was released after video showed he acted in self-defense. == See also ==