#STABBING

A Polish woman has survived a brutal knife attack thanks to the swift reaction of a footballer in Italy’s second-highest division and his brother.

A children’s care worker is being praised for his bravery after wrestling a knife-wielding man to the ground moments after a fatal stabbing in broad daylight.

Five people were wounded in a stabbing in the Dutch capital on Thursday, including a Polish man, two Americans, a Belgian woman and a Dutch woman, the mayor of Amsterdam has said.

Swiss police have arrested a 28-year-old Australian man suspected of stabbing and seriously injuring a 41-year-old man in a shop in central Zurich, authorities said.

A Syrian refugee was identified as the prime suspect behind the stabbing of a Spanish tourist at Berlin's Holocaust memorial the day before an election which is expected to see a surge in support for the anti-migrant AfD.

A man has been seriously injured following a stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial.

Emergency medical teams in Poland will be equipped with stab-proof vests, the health ministry has announced after the fatal stabbing of a paramedic last week caused widespread shock.

Following the death of six people in a knife attack at a mall, this was Sydney’s second reported mass stabbing in just three days.