| 2016 Munich knife attack | |
|---|---|
| Location | Grafing station near Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Date | 10 May 2016 04:50 CEST (UTC+2) |
| Target | Civilians, transport hub |
Attack type | Mass stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrators | 27-year-old German national |
The 2016 Munich knife attack took place on 10 May 2016 when a 27-year-old mentally disturbed man stabbed four men, one of them fatally at Grafing station in the Upper Bavarian town of Grafing, some 32 kilometres (20 mi) from Munich, southern Germany. As the knifer reportedly shouted "Allahu Akbar" while stabbing the random victims, first reactions of the German and international media as well as the general public suspected an Islamist attack. On his arrest shortly after the attack, the perpetrator proved to be a mentally disturbed, unemployed carpenter with drug problems and no known ties to Islamist organizations. In August 2017, the Landgericht München II ruled the man to not be criminally liable of the crime and committed him to a closed psychiatric ward.[1]