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2021 Würzburg stabbing

The word “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak in October 6, 2023. Today the opening carries none. 12 remain further down the article, where a reader arriving from a search result does not go.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. “terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 12.
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The opening as it read in October 6, 2023

Abdirahman Jibril, a 24-year-old homeless man of Somalian nationality killed three civilians with a kitchen knife in a Woolworth store and wounded seven others. Minutes later, the police shot the suspect into his leg and arrested him. He had a history of a several violent altrications since his 2015 arrival as an asylum seeker in Germany and one day involuntary commitment into a psychiatric hospital a month before the attack.1 Islamist motives were suspected; he himself said the attack was 'his jihad '. Another refugee accused him to be an al-Shabaab member, who had killed civilians, journalist and police officers in Somalia, which German authorities could not confirm. German knife attack: Several dead and wounded in Würzburg "Angreifer war zweimal in psychiatrischer Behandlung" .2

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Today
“terror” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 12. Read the current article and compare.
Oct '232025
terror10
islamist21
jihad10
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Where the word went

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  • “jihad” now appears 1× under Motive, 57% of the way down the article
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