Five injured in attack in Swiss town

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-24 19:38:49|Editor: Song Lifang
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GENEVA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were injured, two seriously, in an attack which occurred Monday morning in the northern Swiss town of Schaffhausen, local police said.

Local police told a press briefing that the suspect was still at large. Witnesses said the Old Town of Schaffhausen was sealed off to allow police to continue their search.

The owner of a shop in the area told local media that the attack was by a man with a chainsaw, but local police did not comment on this detail.

Schaffhausen is a Swiss town on the upper Rhine River near the German border.

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