An American tourist was seriously injured in a knife attack on a tram in the German city of Dresden on Sunday after he attempted to protect female passengers from being harassed by migrants.

The 21-year-old man suffered cuts to his face after being attacked by two men shortly after midnight near the Golden Rider stop of the Dresden tram. The U.S. citizen was taken to hospital and is luckily not considered in life-threatening condition, Bild reports .

The incdent occurred after the American man had placed himself between a group of men and another group of women who were being harrassed on the tram.

One of the attackers, identified as Syrian national “Majd A.” began to punch the tourist, while the other breifly left the car before returning with a knife which he used to slash at the

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