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4 people injured in Munich knife attack
[DAWN] A man with a knife has lightly maimed four people in Munich and officers are looking for the assailant, police said on Saturday.Munich police called on people in the Rosenheimer Platz area, located close to the German city's downtown, to stay inside after the incident on Saturday morning. The perpetrator expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. Police said he appeared to be about 40 years old and had a black bicycle, gray trousers, a green jacket and a backpack. The police department said on Twitter that officers are looking for the assailant "with all available police forces". It said the motive for the attack was not immediately clear.
Munich police have detained a suspected knife-wielding man after several people were attacked at various locations across the Bavarian capital. The attacks prompted a citywide manhunt. Eight people were wounded in a series of knife attacks in Munich on Saturday morning, but none of them sustained life-threatening injuries, police said. A SWAT team arrested a 33-year-old German suspect after a three hour manhunt. Police chief Hubertus Andrae said that investigators had ruled out terrorism or religion as a motive for the attack. The suspect is believed to suffer from mental health problems. Police said the man was known by authorities for other offenses. The eight wounded were aged between 12 and 77-years-old. During the manhunt, police described the suspect as a thickset man of about 40, with short blond hair, unshaven, wearing a green jacket, gray pants and a backpack with a sleeping pad attached. He was reportedly riding a black bicycle. Posted by: Fred 2017-10-22 |
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