Germany: Knife-wielding Muslim threatens staff at wine festival, ‘I’ll bring you all to Allah!’

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“‘I’ll bring you all to Allah!’: 23-year-old threatens wine village employees in Stuttgart with a knife,” translated from “„Ich bringe euch alle zu Allah!“: 23-Jähriger bedroht in Stuttgart Weindorf-Mitarbeiter mit Messer,” NIUS, September 9, 2024:

Last week, a threatening situation involving a knife occurred at the Stuttgart Wine Village, a local folk festival. As the Esslinger Zeitung reports, last Wednesday a 23-year-old approached the wine village employees with a knife and is said to have shouted “I’ll bring you all to Allah!”

The employees told the Esslinger Zeitung that it was already late when the incident occurred. The folk festival had ended that day and the staff had sat together after work, drinking and chatting. After midnight, a man is said to have walked past and shouted that the music should be turned off, whereupon the employees replied that he should leave them alone and go away. “We thought it was over. But then he suddenly came around the corner again with a knife in his hand and threatened us,” said one of the organizers.

A short time later, the man is said to have appeared again – this time with a knife in his hand and imitated arcing stabbing movements forwards. “Thank God the security was there immediately,” said an employee. The police were also on site “incredibly quickly, in just a few minutes.”

When asked by NIUS, a police spokesman said that the officers were aware of the incident. A 23-year-old is being investigated for threatening behavior, and the suspect is German. An extremist background is not suspected, and the man is now free again. The argument at the festival is said to have been sparked by the music.

As those affected described to the Esslinger Zeitung, the situation left its mark. “We’re wondering how safe it is here when more and more people are walking around with knives. That wasn’t the case in the past,” said the organizer. There are also concerns about the security guards: “They really should be better equipped, with protective vests and the like. We landlords would also help finance it – that’s not the point.”