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Several people injured in knife attack in Vienna, reports say

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

News website heute.at 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.

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