This is a list of mass stabbings that took place in the 2020s.
2020 Midland, Texas, U.S. On 14 March 2020, a Hispanic American man, 18, attacked an Asian family at a Sam's Club in Midland. After grabbing a knife from a store display, the attacker punched the father and cut him before attacking two of his sons, aged two and six. A Sam's Club employee and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer held the attacker down, with the store employee being stabbed in the process. The attacker yelled for the family to "get out of America" during the attack and later told police he attacked them because he believed they were Chinese and responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, though the family was actually Burmese. The attacker pleaded guilty to federal hate crime charges and was sentenced to a total of 45 years in prison.
Romans-sur-Isère, France
Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
South Hedland, Australia On 1 May, a fly-in fly-out worker from Perth attacked seven people in a shopping centre. None died but five were hospitalised. Police shot the attacker dead.
Vrútsky, Slovakia On 11 June, one person was killed and five others were injured in a mass stabbing at a school. The perpetrator was shot dead.
Berkshire, U.K.
Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.
Sarpsborg, Norway On 15 July, a woman was killed and two more were injured in a series of stabbings. The perpetrator was arrested.
Manchester, England, U.K.
Paris, France
Zielona Góra, Poland On 29 September 2020, 3 people were attacked with knives in a school by a student aged 17.
Nice, France
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine On 7 November 2020, 29-year-old man Taras Usenko armed with a kitchen knife stabbed ten people in Metalurhiinyi District of Krivoy Rog city, killing two (son and father), before being apprehended. He was sent to compulsory psychiatric treatment in February 2021.
Kaiyuan, China On 27 December 2020, a man stabbed fourteen people in Kaiyuan, Liaoning, China, killing seven.
2021 Mwenda, Democratic Republic of the Congo On 4 January, 22 people were killed in a mass stabbing committed by the Allied Democratic Forces.
Vetlanda, Sweden
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo On 15 March, 15 civilians were killed in a stabbing attack. The ADF was suspected to have been behind the attack.
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Beiliu, China
Potsdam, Germany On 28 April, 4 people were killed and another one was injured in an attack at a hospital, the perpetrator, identified as a female hospital's employee, was arrested. The victims were all patients.
Saudades, Brazil
Dunedin, New Zealand
Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Anqing, China
Würzburg, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Auckland, New Zealand
Kongsberg, Norway
2022 Djugu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Albuquerque, New Mexico On 13 February, a man rode a bicycle through the city stabbing 11 people. He was later caught and taken into custody.
Beersheba, Israel
Mashhad, Iran
Bermondsey, England, U.K.
El'ad, Israel
Aachen, Germany On 13 May, a 31-year-old Iraqi national stabbed and injured four people on a train while stopped at Herzogenrath station. A police officer and other passengers subdued the attacker. The same month, after two days of trial, he was placed in a psychiatric hospital after he was found to be mentally ill.
Buskerud, Norway On 20 May, three people were injured one critically in attacks in Uvdal and Nore. Police said it was due to a domestic dispute, The perpetrator was a Syrian migrant.
Kressbronn, Germany On 28 June, 1 person was killed and 5 other were injured in an attack at a shelter for asylum-seekers.
Shanghai, China On 9 July, 4 people were wounded in a stabbing in a hospital. Police opened fire and subdued the suspect.
Somerset, Wisconsin, U.S.
Jiangxi, China
Saskatchewan, Canada
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand
Ludwigshafen, Germany On 18 October, two people were killed and another was injured after a stabbing attack. The perpetrator, a Somali national, was found to have acted out of jealousy due to a recent break-up.
Assago, Italy On 27 October, 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.
Brussels, Belgium
Ariel, West Bank
Reykjavik, Iceland On 17 November, a mass stabbing at the Bankastræti Club occurred, believed to be the result of an ongoing feud and involving multiple suspects. It led to the highest number of arrests in a single manhunt in Iceland's history. A policeman was fired when reported to have leaked videos of the stabbing.
Moscow, Idaho, U.S.
2023 Paris, France On 11 January, 6 people were injured in a mass stabbing in the Gare du Nord train station. The attacker was shot, arrested, and hospitalised.
Brokstedt, Germany
Algeciras, Spain
São Paulo, Brazil
Lisbon, Portugal
Blumenau, Brazil
Manaus, Brazil
Santa Tereza de Goiás, Brazil
Duisburg, Germany On 18 April, four people were injured in an attack at a John Reed gym. The attacker, a 27-year-old Syrian national, was found to have previously killed a man on 9 April and admitted to having Islamist motives. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in December 2023.
Tomisławice, Poland On 10 May, a 19-year-old man killed a 16-year-old girl and injured 9 other people at an orphanage.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. On 14 May, four women were injured after being stabbed during a fight at an apartment building on Milwaukee's northside. Two women and a teenage girl were later apprehended. Afterwards, ten knives were reportedly recovered from the scene.
Eskilstuna, Sweden On 1 June, four people were injured in an attack at a school.
Annecy, France
Mpondwe, Uganda
Lianjiang, China
Seoul, South Korea On 21 July, 1 person was killed and 3 other were injured in a stabbing attack near subway station. The attacker was apprehended.
Santiago, Chile Between 31 August and 1 September 2023, Begoña Lauga Blanco, an engineer in Las Condes, stabbed her three children (one of whom had Down syndrome) to death with a knife. She slit her own throat after alerting her husband via WhatsApp about the murders. When her husband arrived, Lauga was alive but injured. By the time paramedics arrived on scene, she had bled out to death. It was later revealed she had clinical depression and her husband had just started divorce proceedings.
Canberra, Australia On 18 September, 3 people were injured in a mass stabbing at the Australian national university, the attacker was detained.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Arras, France
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
On the evening 23 October 15-year-old Erik Mendoza stabbed three people within minutes of each other on Milwaukee's northside at random.
The first stabbing occurred around 6:50 p.m. when an 18-year-old man was stabbed in the back near the intersection of 42nd and North Avenue. At around 7:07 p.m., a 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the shoulder while walking near the intersection of 35th and Center Street. The last stabbing occurred around 7:15 p.m, at the intersection of Sherman Boulevard and Center Street, when a 38-year-old year old woman was stabbed in the back of the neck as she waited at a bus stop.
Two days later, on 26 October, Mendoza, along with 27-year-old David Pietura, allegedly killed 5-year-old Prince McCree in the basement house they shared with McCree. In July 2024, Pietura was sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in McCree's death. Mendoza currently awaits trial.
Crépol, France
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. A senior student at Louisiana Tech University was charged with stabbing four women on campus on 13 November 2023, killing one. According to police, the suspect first threatened a student playing basketball inside the Lambright Sports and Wellness Center before chasing him outside. The man then stabbed two women leaving an exercise class, killing one. The man then attacked another woman who taught a class at the center, as well as a woman to attempted to intervene.
Paris, France
New York City, New York, U.S. On 3 December, a man stabbed and killed 4 of his family member and injured another one before he went on to attack 2 police officers before he was shot dead.
2024
Melbourne and St. Kilda, Australia On 6 and 7 January, a man stabbed five people at multiple locations in the late evening and early morning hours.
Rizhao, China
Wuppertal, Germany On 22 February, a student stabbed 5 people in a school before attempting suicide and getting arrested.
Vienna, Austria On 23 February, 3 women were stabbed to death in a brothel. A 27 year old suspect was arrested.
Guadalajara, Mexico
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Cullinan, South Africa On 12 March, 3 Coptic Christian monks from Egypt were stabbed to death in an orthodox church. A 4th person was reportedly hit with an iron rod.
Río Bueno, Chile On 25 March, Francisco Uribe Obando stabbed a pregnant woman, her husband of 12 years, and their 10-year-old daughter to death. The suspect has since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and is awaiting trial.
Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Bondi Junction, Australia
Wakeley, Australia
Zhenxiong, China On 7 May, a 40-year-old man stabbed two people to death and injured 21 others in a knife attack before being arrested. He had been imprisoned before due to injuring others over a motorcycle dispute in 2013.
Zofingen, Switzerland On 15 May, a stabbing attack occurred in a railway station in the northern Swiss town of Zofingen leaving 6 injured. The perpetrator was arrested afterwards.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan On 16 May, 4 people were injured with a knife at a tennis club.
Norilsk, Russia On 18 May, a 34-year-old man killed a 36-year-old woman in her apartment, injured her 12-year-old son, then exited and injured a man and a woman he did not know and was apprehended.
Taichung, Taiwan
Massachusetts and Connecticut, U.S. On 25 May 2024, a 26-year-old Martha's Vineyard man allegedly stabbed four girls at the AMC Braintree 10 movie theater in Braintree, Massachusetts. Hours later, the same man allegedly stabbed two McDonald's employees at a restaurant in Quincy. He was arrested in Sandwich later that day and was charged in connection with those stabbings, as well as the stabbing death of a man in Deep River, Connecticut, believed to have been committed before the movie theater stabbing.
Mannheim, Germany
Jilin City, China On 10 June 2024, four Americans from Cornell College, Iowa were stabbed while visiting a temple in Beishan Park, along with one Chinese national.
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. On 12 and 13 June 2024, a 19-year-old man stabbed three people in different neighborhoods throughout Charlotte.
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. On 17 June 2024, a 27-year-old man stabbed and injured nine people during a confrontation between two groups outside of a restaurant on Indianapolis's northwest side. The man was later arrested.
Huntington Beach, California, U.S. On 4 July 2024, two people were killed and three others were injured when a man exited a vehicle and began stabbing people celebrating Independence Day on a residential street.
Tagaytay, Philippines On 10 July, 3 people were stabbed to death in a hotel including 2 Australian tourists.
Southport, England
Holon, Israel