In Stuttgart shopping center: woman (47) stabbed and set on fire

Stuttgart (Baden-Württemberg) – Brutal knife attack on a woman: A 47-year-old was stabbed and then set on fire in the Milaneo shopping center in Stuttgart! The police initially sealed off the building to prevent the perpetrator from escaping. Now the officials announced: The suspected attacker was arrested outside the shopping center.

“Today around 10:15 a.m. there were numerous calls to the Stuttgart police command and situation center. The background was an attack on a 47-year-old woman in a shopping center in Stuttgart-Nord,” police spokesman Timo Brenner told BILD. The victim is “currently undergoing emergency surgery.”

The perpetrator escaped from the shopping center

The suspected perpetrator (54) was initially on the run but has since been arrested. “At around 12:10 p.m., our emergency services arrested a 54-year-old German in the Bockelstrasse area. The man is or was in a relationship with the injured party,” says police spokesman Brenner. He is said to have first attacked the woman with a knife and then set her on fire.

The police were deployed with a massive presence and had the shopping center in Stuttgart completely sealed off. All entrances and exits to the Milaneo were closed. A helicopter was also in use to monitor the nearby area.

The emergency services searched the shopping center Baden-Württemberg – but left it outside the shopping center. Meanwhile he took care of Emergency service the seriously injured 47-year-old.

Despite the ongoing large-scale operation, the police emphasized that there is currently no danger to the population. The background to the crime is still unclear. The investigators are already securing evidence in the building and evaluating camera recordings. The attack took place on the 1st floor. Operations at the Milaneo are now running again.