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Several injured in Munich knife attack Man arrested after knife attack in Munich
(about 1 hour later)
Several people have been lightly injured by a man wielding a knife in the German city of Munich, police said. German police have arrested a man in Munich after four people were lightly injured by a knife attacker.
Officers are searching for the attacker, who fled the scene. Police said the suspect lashed out at five men and one woman around Rosenheimer Platz in the east of the city, but missed two of his targets.
The motive for the assault is unknown, a police statement said. Residents nearby were told to stay indoors while the suspect remains at large. A police spokeswoman said the detained man strongly resembled descriptions given by witnesses at the scene.
None of the victims suffered life threatening injuries, police said. They described the suspect as a man in his 40s who fled on a black bicycle. The suspect is said to have started attacking passers-by shortly after 06:00 local time (08:00 GMT).
The suspect was wearing gray trousers, a green training jacket, and carrying a backpack and sleeping mat, they added. "We have arrested a person who very strongly resembles the description by witnesses, but we cannot confirm that he is the attacker," Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins said.
Martins added that police had not been able to establish any motive for the attack. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries.
Witness accounts described the suspect as a man in his 40s, unshaven, with grey trousers and a green tracksuit top and carrying a backpack and sleeping mat.
Police said he fled the scene on a bicycle.