India, Aug. 25 -- An American was attacked for his act of heroism in Germany's Dresden. Police in an August 24 statement confirmed that a 21-year-old US citizen had been stabbed by a perpetrator in an altercation that ensued when he intervened upon seeing two men from a group harass female passengers on a train.

Cops said that both the perpetrators had fled the scene, and they managed to catch one of the two - a 21-year-old Syrian, nearby. The other person remains unidentified. Here's what to know about the good Samaritan American.

Police spokesman Thomas Geithner told German publication Bild that the American citizen had suffered multiple cuts to his face with a knife. The spokesperson also told the publication that the US citizen had ...