One person has been
seriously injured in a knife and shooting attack in the German city of
Cologne, and police say two suspects are on the run.
Eyewitnesses said they had seen five "exceptionally well-dressed" people attacking each other with axes in the city center early Monday morning.
They said a man who sustained a stab wound tried to flee in his car but other men shot at him. He was later admitted to the hospital with serious injuries.
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Germany is on tenterhooks following a recent spate of attacks in which a number of people have been killed.
Last month, a 17-year-old asylum seeker believed from either Afghanistan or Pakistan went on an axe rampage on a train in the German city of Wuerzburg, severely wounding four people before being shot dead by police.
A few days later, a 27-year-old Syrian whose refugee application had been refused set off his explosives outside a bar in the city of Ansbach, wounding 15 people.
The terrorist Daesh group claimed responsibility for both of the attacks.
However, the worst attack of the month came when an 18-year-old man went on a shooting spree at the Munich Olympia Shopping Center, killing nine people before he shot himself. Over thirty others were also injured in the shooting.
Officials said the assailant, who used a 9mm handgun to target his victims, was inspired by white supremacist, Anders Breivik, who massacred 77 people in Norway five years ago.
Eyewitnesses said they had seen five "exceptionally well-dressed" people attacking each other with axes in the city center early Monday morning.
They said a man who sustained a stab wound tried to flee in his car but other men shot at him. He was later admitted to the hospital with serious injuries.
The motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Germany is on tenterhooks following a recent spate of attacks in which a number of people have been killed.
Last month, a 17-year-old asylum seeker believed from either Afghanistan or Pakistan went on an axe rampage on a train in the German city of Wuerzburg, severely wounding four people before being shot dead by police.
A few days later, a 27-year-old Syrian whose refugee application had been refused set off his explosives outside a bar in the city of Ansbach, wounding 15 people.
The terrorist Daesh group claimed responsibility for both of the attacks.
However, the worst attack of the month came when an 18-year-old man went on a shooting spree at the Munich Olympia Shopping Center, killing nine people before he shot himself. Over thirty others were also injured in the shooting.
Officials said the assailant, who used a 9mm handgun to target his victims, was inspired by white supremacist, Anders Breivik, who massacred 77 people in Norway five years ago.
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