Woman held in Germany after assault with 'sword-like object'
Posted August 23, 2022 7:00 am
BERLIN (AP) - A woman was arrested Tuesday in southern Germany after allegedly injuring three people with what was described as a 'œsword-like object,'ť police said.
Police said they were alerted just before noon to the incident in a square in Weiden in der Oberpfalz, a town in Bavaria near the Czech border. They said in a statement that passers-by were able to hold the suspect, a 65-year-old woman from a neighboring area, until she was detained by officers sent to the scene.
Two of the victims, men aged 46 and 61, were taken to a hospital and one of them had been released by mid-afternoon. No one had life-threatening injuries, police said.
They didn't give further details on the weapon or of a possible motive.
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