Cologne attack: Two on run after shooting and knife assault in German city

Attack: A police officer sweeps the scene for evidence after violence flared overnight
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Sebastian Mann15 August 2016

Two attackers are on the run after a gun and knife assault in the German city of Cologne.

One person was wounded in the attack in the early hours of this morning, police said.

Eyewitnesses told the Express newspaper men were seen fighting after three or four became embroiled in an altercation with another man.

A victim is said to have been stabbed while trying to flee to his car. Shots were also fired, the paper reported.

A police spokeswoman said emergency calls were received at 3.45am local time, with blood and broken panes of glass being found at the scene.

The incident happened near Rudolphplatz, a central part of the western German city.

It comes after a spate of indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Germany in recent weeks, two claimed by the Islamic State group, and a mass shooting in Munich initially seen as terrorism-related.

This latest incident is not thought to be linked to terrorism.

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