Warsaw’s city center police have detained a 50-year-old Jamaican citizen who attacked a random 27-year-old with a knife at Bankowy Square in Warsaw at the end of March. According to Salon24, the incident occurred after an argument on a tram, which turned into a physical confrontation at the stop.
The perpetrator allegedly “stabbed a 27-year-old Polish citizen several times. The injured man was taken to hospital with serious injuries,” police spokesman Jakub Pacyniak told RMF FM, adding that his chest wounds had put him in critical condition.
The attacker fled the scene, but police identified him thanks to street surveillance footage and tram recorders. He has been taken into custody for a period of three months but faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
Last November, four Turkish nationals were arrested in downtown Warsaw in relation to a stabbing there. The main suspect was charged with attempted grievous bodily harm, drug possession, and driving under the influence of drugs, while another was in Poland illegally.
Europe has fallen victim to stabbing sprees, with occurrences almost a norm in the news cycles. In just the past two months, Remix News has reported on incidents in France, the Netherlands, and Italy. And that’s just three examples. Notably, in all three of those stories and in the vast majority of others, the perpetrators are all migrants.
The most shocking recent stabbing involved an Afghan attacking a group of kindergarten children in Germany, leaving two dead, including a 2-year-old boy.
As violent crime, including knife attacks, hit a record high in Germany for 2024, officials are having to admit the hard truth. Data clearly shows that 39 percent of cases involve non-German suspects, a jump of more than 7 percent over 2023. Overall, migrants are responsible for approximately 44 percent of all violent crimes in Germany.
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser admitted migration is a factor and must be addressed. “We have to talk about this — without shyness, but also without resentment. If you don’t follow the rules, you have to leave,” she said last week.
Despite promising more deportations, her tenure as interior minister has seen virtually no action on this front. In fact, entire countries such as Afghanistan are almost entirely exempt from the deportation process.