5 Wounded In Apparent Chainsaw Attack In Switzerland
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Swiss police say five people have been hospitalized, two of them with serious injuries, following an apparent attack in the northern city of Schaffhausen.
The attacker was armed with a chainsaw.
Authorities are searching for a man.
Swiss police say the attack is not a terrorist act.
Police spokeswoman Cindy Beer told SRF television that police were alerted at 10:39 am on Monday (0839 GMT).
"We can't say exactly what happened at this point," said Beer. "We just know that a person wounded several people."
The man's whereabouts are currently unknown.
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