AT least three people have been stabbed on a Vienna street and a major manhunt for their attacker is under way.

A man with a knife randomly attacked pedestrians near the capital’s Prater park on Wednesday evening, local media are reporting.

#BREAKING: At least three people are injured as knifeman goes on rampage attacking people at random on the streets of Vienna #Austria pic.twitter.com/3brPAgHkHv — Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) March 7, 2018

The attack happened near central Vienna’s famous Prater Park.

Tactical police unit has joined local officers securing the scene deployed to the scene. The site of the stabbing remains closed off and residents told to stay indoors.

Images from the scene showed large stains of blood on the pavement alongside items that may have come from the victims.

A motive for the attack wasn’t immediately known.

More to come

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