2025 Aschaffenburg stabbing attack
| 2025 Aschaffenburg stabbing | |
|---|---|
A memorial at the scene | |
| Location | 49°58′31.879″N 9°9′7.211″E Schöntal Park, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany |
| Date | 22 January 2025 11:45 a.m. (CET) |
| Target | Children |
Attack type | Mass stabbing, child murder |
| Weapon | Kitchen knife |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Enamullah Omarzai |
| Charges | Murder Attempted murder Manslaughter Attempted manslaughter Assault |
| Verdict | Not criminally responsible |
| Judge | Karsten Krebs |
On 22 January 2025, a mass stabbing took place at a park in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany. 28-year-old Afghan asylum seeker Enamullah Omarzai killed two people and wounded three.
Omarzai was wanted after failing to serve a prison term and had been obligated to leave the country since December 2024. Omarzai was previously diagnosed with schizophrenia and in October 2025, Aschaffenburg court ordered for indefinite involuntary commitment.
The stabbing, along with the car-ramming attack in Munich the following month, contributed significantly to the renewed discussion about immigration policy, particularly deportation of denied asylum seekers, ahead of Germany's snap election in February. The new government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz increased deportations of criminal asylum seekers in part due to the attack. ZDF described the stabbing as a "key moment" in the pre-election period.