A long-distance driver was attacked with a knife in a parking lot in Neustadt near Coburg and seriously injured. The 52-year-old’s life is no longer in danger, but he has suffered serious injuries to the chest and leg area, the public prosecutor’s office and the police said together. According to a police spokesman, he was initially unable to be interviewed.
At the request of the Coburg public prosecutor’s office, an investigating judge issued an arrest warrant against the 28-year-old suspect on Sunday afternoon on suspicion of attempted murder. The truck driver is now in custody. According to a police spokesman, he suffered minor injuries in the incident.
According to the information, several long-distance drivers got into an argument in the parking lot of a company property on Saturday evening. At first the men made up and returned to their driver’s cabs, it was said. A little later, the two truck drivers, aged 28 and 52, allegedly clashed again. The older man hit the younger man in the head with a metal rod. The 28-year-old is said to have stabbed the other man with the kitchen knife. The 52-year-old is said to have gotten into the vehicle and driven towards the opponent. According to initial investigations, there was no collision.