German police detain suspect in Munich knife attack

"We have arrested a person who very strongly resembles the description by witnesses" - police

MUNICH: Four people were lightly injured Saturday morning in the southern German city of Munich by a man wielding a knife who fled the scene, said police, adding possible motives were unknown. The suspected attacker has now been detained.

The man attacked passersby in five places near Rosenheimer Platz in the eastern part of the city centre at around 0630 GMT, inflicting 'light' injuries on four people, a police spokesman told AFP.

Police operation at #Rosenheimerplatz. Offender injured a few people. Further information as soon as possible #München

— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) October 21, 2017

Local police described the perpetrator of the attack as a man in his forties, wearing grey pants and a running jacket, who fled on a black bicycle. He was also carrying a backpack and a camping bed roll.

Description of the suspect: a man about 40 years, riding a black bike; wearing gray trousers, green training jacket, backpack+ sleeping mat

— Polizei München (@PolizeiMuenchen) October 21, 2017

None of the victims of a knife attack in the German city of Munich on Saturday sustained life-threatening injuries, police said on Twitter.

Five men and one woman were attacked, Munich police spokesman Marcus da Gloria Martins told reporters in an update on the situation. "We have arrested a person who very strongly resembles the description by witnesses, but we cannot confirm that he is the attacker," Martins said.