An American has been stabbed by a Syrian national in Germany after allegedly stepping in to help two female passengers being harassed on a tram, according to reports.
The young man was attacked at around 12:25 a.m. on Sunday after intervening when “two men from a group harassed female passengers” on the tram in the eastern German city of Dresden, Saxony police said in a statement.
Pictures from the scene show blood spattered over the tram along with empty booze bottles as well as tissues that other passengers used to halt the bleeding.
The unidentified American was rushed to the hospital where his condition is unknown.
“A 21-year-old US citizen intervened and was injured with a knife by one of the other perpetrators in the ensuing altercation,” police said in a statement.
One suspect, a 21-year-old Syrian national, was arrested less than half a mile away at another tram stop on suspicion of being involved in the attack, although it isn’t clear yet whether he was the stabber.
A second man is on the run, according to German police.
“We are investigating him and the still unknown man for, among other things, grievous bodily harm,” the police statement continued.