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Munich knife attack: Four injured, police arrest suspect

The Police Say The Suspect Hit Five Men And One Woman Around Rosenheimer Platz In East Munich.

News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Tahir Qureshi | Updated on: 21 Oct 2017, 06:20:33 PM
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New Delhi:

Following a knife attack in Munich in which four people were injured, the German police have arrested a man suspected to be the attacker.

The police say the suspect hit five men and one woman around Rosenheimer Platz in East Munich.

A police spokeswoman said the detained man strongly resembled descriptions provided by the witnesses.

"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.

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“Police had not been able to establish any motive for the attack. None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries,” added Martins. 

Witnesses described the suspect as an unshaven man in his 40s wearing grey trousers, green tracksuit top and carrying a backpack and sleeping mat.

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First Published : 21 Oct 2017, 06:20:11 PM

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