A 13-year-old boy is in critical condition after being stabbed multiple times during an altercation at a Hamburg school in Germany, with at least one Syrian suspect now under arrest.
German police say he was attacked by at least one other teenager. He was rushed to the hospital accompanied by an emergency doctor, and had to be resuscitated en route. According to NDR, at least one of the stab wounds struck him in the stomach.
Two 15-year-olds were arrested following a large-scale manhunt involving around two dozen patrol cars, a police helicopter, a service dog, and a specialist unit for high-risk situations.
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— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) March 27, 2026One of the suspects holds Syrian nationality; the citizenship of the second remains unclear. The homicide squad has taken over the investigation.
According to the ntv outlet, “a dispute had previously broken out between several participants, the background of which is still unclear,” during which the stabbing occurred. NDR reports that “one of those involved suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed the 13-year-old at least twice.”
As Remix News has reported in the past, 40 percent of all violence in German schools is perpetrated by foreigners in 2024, with Syrians at the top of the charts.
In total, there were 4,254 foreign suspects and 7,309 suspects with German citizenship, the German government announced in response to a parliamentary inquiry from Alternative for Germany (AfD) MP Martin Hess.
Of the 11,558 suspects in total, 1,236 had Syrian passports, representing one in ten violent incidents, according to the data, making Syrians a major factor in violence in German schools.
Last week, the debate over violence in German society and schools reached a boiling point in the Bundestag, pitting Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his supporters against critics who accuse him of racism.
The controversy intensified following a session where Merz addressed the issue of digital and analog violence, particularly against women.
“We have exploding violence in our society, both in the analog and digital space, and we must do something about it together,” said Merz. However, he said that one must then also talk about where this violence comes from, he said to applause from members of the CDU/CSU and the AfD.
“And then we must also address the fact that a considerable proportion of this violence comes to the Federal Republic of Germany from immigrant groups,” he added.
According to a study released last year, youth violence has not only doubled overall, but violent crimes committed by seventh graders of foreign origin soared nearly 400 percent in just a little over a decade.
The study, from the State Criminal Police Office of North Rhine-Westphalia and the University of Cologne, shows that in North Rhine-Westphalia, violent incidents among those under 14 have doubled since 2013, according to Bild.
Meanwhile, back in 2013, there were 408 violent crimes by 7th graders who were born in a foreign country, a figure that rose 383 percent to 1,972. Yet, the number of foreigners during that same period only rose 135 percent, from 40,000 to 94,000.
