A woman and 7-year-old girl have been injured in a knife attack at a primary school in southwestern Germany.
Police said on Friday that a man had fled after apparently stabbing people at a school in Esslingen, near Stuttgart, at around 8 am CET.
The girl and the woman — a 61-year-old supervisor — were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The school was closed at the time, but some children were being looked after there during the regional holidays.
Police said in a statement that officers were looking for a suspect, who was described as being in his early 30s
Investigators also are gathering information about the circumstances surrounding the attack, including possible links between the attacker and his victims.
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