{"id":373915,"date":"2025-08-26T03:14:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373915\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T03:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:14:10","slug":"john-rudat-upstate-ny-model-who-was-stabbed-while-protecting-2-women-in-germany-speaks-out-where-is-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373915\/","title":{"rendered":"John Rudat, Upstate NY model who was stabbed while protecting 2 women in Germany, speaks out, \u2018Where is the law?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An American tourist<\/a> who was brutally stabbed<\/a> while trying to save two women being assaulted on a tram in Germany<\/a>, <\/a>has broken his silence. John Rudat, 21, was left with shocking face injuries during the attack. He was traveling in the city of Dresden early Sunday, August 25, when he saw a pair of men violently attacking the women. has broken his silence<\/p>\n

\"Who Who is John Rudat? Upstate New York model, 21, brutally stabbed while trying to save 2 women in Germany (john.rudat\/Instagram) <\/p>\n

Rudat was attacked while trying to protect the women. He was later hospitalized with knife wounds to his face.<\/p>\n

\u2018Where is the law?\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rudat blasted his attackers in a social media post, criticizing Europe\u2019s \u201cimmigration problem.\u201d \u201cIf y\u2019all didn\u2019t think Europe had an immigration problem, especially Germany, let me drop some knowledge on you,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is 11:57 a.m. right now. In three minutes, that man that assaulted that young woman will be released from custody. He\u2019ll be released from custody because he\u2019s not a citizen of Germany, he\u2019s not a citizen of the EU for that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an immigrant, an illegal one, a drug dealer, and very popularly known here, especially by the police. This is not the first time this has happened. It\u2019s not the first time that man has beaten up women, and it\u2019s not the first time that the other guy decided to take a swing at my face with a six-inch blade,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they could do this to the people of Germany and then just get released 12 hours later \u2014 even less at this point \u2014 where is the law? Where is the structure?\u201d Rudat asked. \u201cIf Germans are held to that law and that structure, but these people could just come in, swing knives and hurt, abuse, terrorize and oppress citizens of Germany, then what do we do?\u201d<\/p>\n

Rudat is a part-time model from upstate New York, and also a newly qualified paramedic, the New York Post reported. \u201cWe got a little scared when we found out,\u201d Molly, his brother\u2019s girlfriend and a fellow first responder, told the outlet. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know the extent of his injuries. We were at dinner the other day and he called saying, \u2018Hey, I\u2019ve been in an incident, I\u2019m OK, just if you can notify my parents because they weren\u2019t answering the phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rudat was staying in Dresden with his former foreign exchange host family when the incident involving a well-known local thug and drug dealer took place. One of the suspected attackers, a 21-year-old Syrian national, was arrested on suspicion of assaulting Rudat before the other man, his accomplice, stabbed the model. According to German outlet Bild, prosecutors later released him as there was no evidence he carried out the stabbing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAccording to the on-call public prosecutor\u2019s assessment, there were insufficient grounds for detention. The knife attack cannot be attributed to him,\u201d Senior Public Prosecutor Jurgen Schmidt told the outlet.<\/p>\n

Rudat\u2019s brother, Logan, told the New York Post that his sibling\u2019s bravery did not come as a surprise to him. \u201cI would have been surprised if he hadn\u2019t stepped in,\u201d the 22-year-old, also first responder, said. \u201cIt\u2019s part of his character. That\u2019s just the way we were raised.\u201d<\/p>\n

The US Embassy in Germany has urged German authorities to punish Rudat\u2019s attackers. \u201cWe strongly condemn the brutal attack on an American citizen in Dresden. While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked. We urge German authorities to swiftly bring the perpetrators to justice and punish them to the fullest extent permitted by law. Safety is a collective responsibility\u2014no one is safe until all are safe,\u201d the statement, shared on X<\/a>, reads.<\/p>\n

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GoFundMe launched<\/strong><\/p>\n

Molly has launched a GoFundMe<\/a> to help Rudat with his medical expenses as he recovers from his injuries. The page says that Rudat\u2019s \u201cpassion for saving lives drove him to heroically intervene when he saw two women being violently assaulted.\u201d It added that while one of the attackers was released by authorities, the other \u201cremains at large.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn sustained critical injuries from his attempts to protect these females, including a deep facial wound from a 6-inch blade, requiring immediate and extensive surgery in Germany. This horrible act against John leaves us devastated and seeking justice. He now faces a challenging recovery; physically, emotionally, and even financially as he works to heal from this incident. We are all heartbroken but determined to support him through this ordeal,\u201d Molly wrote, describing Rudat as \u201ca kind, selfless soul who put his own safety on the line to help others.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time of writing this article, $38,748 had been raised of the $40K target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An American tourist who was brutally stabbed while trying to save two women being assaulted on a tram…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[22055,2000,299,1824,130769,130770,130771],"class_list":{"0":"post-373915","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-attacked","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-john-rudat","13":"tag-rudat","14":"tag-upstate-new-york-model"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115092892253060556","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}