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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 reportedly apprehended a suspect after a knife attacker wounded multiple people in Munich. Police have reportedly apprehended a suspect after a knife attacker wounded multiple people in Munich. 
Authorities launched a manhunt after five people were injured on Saturday morning in the Rosenheimer Platz area of the Bavarian capital.  Authorities launched a manhunt after six people were attacked on Saturday morning in the Rosenheimer Platz area of the Bavarian capital. 
No one is believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.  Four people are thought to be injured but none sustained life-threatening injuries, according to authorities. 
Munich police urged residents to stay indoors while the attacker remained at large.  Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said: "We have arrested a person who very strongly resembles the description by witnesses, but we cannot confirm that he is the attacker."
The suspect has been described as an unshaven, "corpulent" man in his 40s, with medium blonde hair. Earlier, Munich police urged residents to stay indoors while the attacker remained at large. 
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. The suspect was 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.Munich police said they had received conflicting reports of the direction in which the attacker fled.
It was unclear whether the man arrested is the same man in the police descriptions. It was unclear whether the man arrested is the same man in the police descriptions. 
The police department said on Twitter that officers were looking for the man "with all available police forces" but that his motive remained unclear.  The police department said on Twitter that officers were looking for the man "with all available police forces" but that his motive remained unclear. 
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