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| Munich attack: Police launch manhunt for knifeman after 'multiple stabbings' in Bavarian capital | Munich attack: Police launch manhunt for knifeman after 'multiple stabbings' in Bavarian capital |
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| Police have launched a manhunt for a suspected knife attacker following reports of multiple stabbings in Munich. | Police have launched a manhunt for a suspected knife attacker following reports of multiple stabbings in Munich. |
| Five people have been injured but no one is believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. | |
| Munich police urged those in the vicinity of Rosenheimer Platz to stay indoors after the incident on Saturday morning. | Munich police urged those in the vicinity of Rosenheimer Platz to stay indoors after the incident on Saturday morning. |
| The suspect has been described as an unshaven, "corpulent" man in his 40s, with medium blonde hair. | |
| He was reportedly wearing grey trousers, a green jacket and a backpack with a rolled up sleeping mat and fled the scene on a black bicycle. | |
| Munich police said they had received conflicting reports of the direction in which the attacker fled. | |
| The police department said on Twitter that officers are looking for the man "with all available police forces" but that his motive remained unclear. | The police department said on Twitter that officers are looking for the man "with all available police forces" but that his motive remained unclear. |
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