Reports: Several people injured in knife attack in Vienna

2018-03-07 22:42

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian media report that several people have been injured in a knife attack on the streets of Vienna.

News website Heute reports that the attack happened Wednesday evening, when a man with a knife randomly attacked pedestrians near the capital's famous Prater park.

Citing a police spokesman, the Austria Press Agency reports that three people were seriously injured and that police are still searching for the attacker.

A motive for the attack wasn't immediately known.

Read more on:    vienna  |  security

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