Germany, a man assaults woman, child at school

• A man allegedly stabbed a woman and a 7-year-old girl with a knife at an elementary school in Esslingen, near Stuttgart.
• The incident occurred at 8 a.m. on Friday.
• Both were sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

A man allegedly stabbed a woman and a 7-year-old girl with a knife at an elementary school in southwestern Germany before fleeing, as per police on Friday.

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The girl and the woman, a 61-year-old supervisor, were sent to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

According to a police statement, officers were looking for a man described as being in his early 30s.

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