Knife rampage

This case shows a couple of things:
1. A small knife can do a lot of damage.
2. A knife is a dangerous weapon, regardless of size.
3. It's very hard to protect yourself against a knife attack - even if the attacker is drunk and with little or no skill with a knife. I will assume at least some of these 40 victims must have tried ...
4. A person in "party mode" (high spirit; occupied with friends, partners, thoughts or gadgets; probably under influence), is an easy prey.

Still kind of strange though that no one could stop a 16-year-old (allegedly) heavy drunk kid with a folding knife!

Story:
Berlin Prosecutors said Friday they have charged a student with 37 counts of attempted murder for a drunken knife rampage in the German capital.

The 17-year-old also faces charges of armed robbery and causing bodily harm, after allegedly attacking more than 40 revelers making their way home from the festive May 26 opening of Berlin's new train station.

The teenager was in pretrial custody, after officers arrested him, ending a 90-minute burst of random violence that created chaotic scenes as emergency workers struggled to reach victims among the crowds.

The accused, who was 16 at the time, used a folding knife to stab at a total of 37 people, Berlin state prosecutor Michael Grunwald said in a statement.

Of those, 31 suffered wounds to the upper body, two were wounded in the thigh. The knife failed to penetrate the clothing of three people, and one woman escaped injury because a pendant blocked the blade.

Eight people suffered life-threatening injuries to the stomach, lungs and kidneys.

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