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Several people injured in Munich stabbings Suspect arrested after four people injured in Munich stabbings
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A man has injured at least four people with a knife in Munich, German police said, adding that they were searching for the suspect whose motive remains unclear. A man with a knife fled after attacking four people in Munich on Saturday, police have said.
Police said the man fled the scene on a black bicycle and urged people in the Rosenheimer Platz area of the city to remain at home. A suspect was arrested a few hours after the incident. Authorities are working to determine whether he was the culprit.
They described the suspect as a man in his 40s, wearing grey trousers, a green jacket, and a backpack with a sleeping mat. Police were first alerted to the attack in the Haidhausen area, east of downtown Munich, at about 8.30am, according to a spokesman, Marcus da Gloria Martins. He said a man had apparently assaulted passersby indiscriminately with a knife.
The assailant attacked five men and one woman at different sites in Haidhausen, with four of them wounded and none seriously, da Gloria Martins said. The victims mainly had superficial stab wounds and in one case had been hit by the man.
Amid conflicting accounts of the direction in which the suspect had fled, police told people in the Rosenheimer Platz area to stay indoors and avoid the nearby Ostbahnhof railway station and a park.
Police issued a description of the suspect, who appeared to be about 40 years old and had a black bicycle, grey trousers, a green jacket and a backpack. He was described as being unshaven, with short blond hair and a “corpulent figure”.
Täterbeschreibung:ca.40 Jahre,Mann, unterwegs mit schwarz. Rad, graue Hose,grüne Trainingsjacke, Rucksack mit Isomatte. #RosenheimerplatzTäterbeschreibung:ca.40 Jahre,Mann, unterwegs mit schwarz. Rad, graue Hose,grüne Trainingsjacke, Rucksack mit Isomatte. #Rosenheimerplatz
“We are searching for the perpetrator of the attack with all available police,” a statement from the force in the Bavarian capital said. It added that the possible motives for the attack were unknown. About three hours after the stabbings, police arrested a man matching that description who had initially tried to evade officers. “We can’t yet confirm whether he is the perpetrator,” da Gloria Martins said.
According to the online edition of the daily Bild, none of the victims suffered life threatening injuries. There was no immediate word on a possible motive.
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