List of mass stabbing incidents (2020–present)

Police shot the attacker dead [3] At approximately 12:50 pm on 26 June 2020, a man stabbed six people in the Park Inn Hotel, West George Street in the city centre of Glasgow, Scotland.

[5] Earlier, a police officer had responded to the initial call for emergency services to attend the scene and was injured shortly after arriving at the hotel.

Armed response units were then called to the scene, before evacuating all staff members and asylum seekers to safety before attempting to apprehend the attacker.

[9] At the time of the attack, the Park Inn Hotel had been closed to all potential guests due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was instead being used by Mears Group to accommodate asylum seekers.

[16] He went on a rampage after numerous reports had been made to the relevant authorities by charities and other asylum seekers residing in Park Inn Hotel, who were concerned about his deteriorating mental health, and the potential risk he posed to himself and others.

The investigation had also found numerous messages published on the TikTok social media network where the suspects expressed their hatred towards Muhammad caricatures and "glorified" the assault by their compatriot.

The ADF was suspected to have been behind the attack [72] On March 27, 2021, one person was killed and six others were injured in a mass stabbing in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

[84] Espen Andersen Bråthen,[a] a 37-year-old Danish citizen born in Norway,[85] attacked eight people with various weapons – including a bow and arrow and knife – at locations in Kongsberg, Buskerud.

He was later caught and taken into custody [86] In the early morning hours of 25 April 2022, neighbours heard screams from a three-bedroomed terraced house in Delaford Road, Bermondsey, in south London, England.

Security footage shows a man entering the Wynn Casino, where he reportedly asked the janitor to contact ICE for him so he could return to his home in Guatemala.

[98] A man in a bloodstained chef's white jacket was arrested a short time later, and police retrieved a knife from nearby bushes that they believed had been thrown there in the retreat.

[98] The suspect was identified as 32-year-old Yoni Barrios, a Guatemalan citizen who U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement believe entered the United States without passing through a border checkpoint.

[103] On October 27, 1 person was killed and 5 others including Spanish footballer Pablo Mari were injured in a mass stabbing in a carrefour supermarket.

The perpetrator, a man with mental health problems, who used a knife from a shelf was arrested at the scene [104] A stabbing attack happened on 10 November 2022 in Brussels, Belgium, killing a police officer and injuring another.

[107] At around 18:15 (GMT) close to the city's Brussels-North railway station two officers were stabbed before the attacker was shot in the legs and abdomen by another police patrol arriving at the scene.

[123] A tribute site was set up at Bodmin RFC, where people could gather to remember Michael Allen, pay their respects and lay flowers.

[124] Additionally, the local Bodmin Youth FC football team closed its nearby ground at Coldharbour after the incident and cancelled training on 3 and 4 May 2023 out of respect.

[125] On 12 April 2024, and following a trial at Truro Crown Court, Jake Hill was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years for the murder of Michael Riddiough-Allen.

[131] Between 31 August and 1 September 2023, Begoña Lauga Blanco, an engineer in Las Condes, stabbed her three children (one of whom suffered from Down syndrome) to death, one-by-one, with a knife before alerting her husband via WhatsApp about the murders and finally slitting her own throat.

[152] Classes were canceled at the Gambetta-Carnot school where Bernard taught, and bomb threats were seen across the country, in airports, the Louvre Museum and the Palace of Versailles.

[161] On 2 December 2023, a French man of Iranian origin carried out a knife and hammer attack against three people near Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris, France, killing one of them.

[162] On Quai de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, just before 21:00 CET (20:00 GMT) on 2 December 2023, a man attacked three people using a knife and hammer as he allegedly shouted Allahu Akbar.

[194] On the evening of 23 August 2024, a man armed with a knife attacked several people at a festival in Solingen marking the city's 650 years.

The perpetrator was later taken into custody [200] On 30 August, at around 7:40 p.m., a 32-year-old woman armed with a knife stabbed and wounded five people on a bus on Freiengründer Strasse on its way to a music festival.

[201] Around lunchtime on 17 September 2024, a 12-year-old boy armed with a knife, and wearing a bulletproof vest, stabbed six classmates at a school in Azambuja, near Lisbon.

[203] Three people were stabbed and injured when a man armed with a knife entered a mosque on September 20 in Châteauguay, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

A spokesperson for the city's police force stated that a 23-year-old Chinese man attacked a group of children who were being led to the center by a staff member.

[207] A woman was killed and three other men were injured when a 31-year-old local man at a hotel suddenly attacked without provocation during a meeting on October 8 in Downtown Redding.

He was arrested and later died from his wounds [209] On October 25, at about 11:40, a man, armed with two knives being in a state of psychosis, attacked people in a supermarket "O’Key".

[229] On January 22, two people were killed and three others injured when the suspect, a 28-year-old man from Afghanistan with a history of violent behavior and under psychiatric treatment, deliberately attacked a kindergarten group with a kitchen knife.