Cologne, Germany: One person was injured in an attack

One person was wounded in an attack with melee weapons and firearms in the center of Cologne, in the early hours of Monday, wrote the German newspaper Express. The two suspects of the attack managed to vanish from the scene according to Reuters.

The German newspaper Express wrote that shortly after 4 a.m. local time, a few people reported the police that three or four people seemed to have an aggressive behavior towards another man. Witnesses said they saw the men attacking one another with axes and other weapons. A man who suffered a stab wound in the thigh tried to flee in his car but other men shot at him and hit the vehicle, added the newspaper.

Police said they cannot mention if this was terror-related attack. However, they confirmed there had been a scuffle involving several people and one man has been admitted to hospital with stabbing and head injuries.It is not yet known exactly what the motive for the attack was. There has been a spate of indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Germany in recent weeks. They include a knife and axe assault on a train near Wurzburg and a bomb blast outside a bar in Ansbach, both of which were claimed by the Islamic State group.

Two possible perpetrators were later stopped by officers on Habsburgerring road, but a further two are still on the run, police said. The victim was rushed to hospital in a serious condition after the attack.