Woman, 30, shot dead by armed cops after ‘attacking two people with knife’ in square used for Oktoberfest

A 30-YEAR-OLD woman has been shot dead by armed cops after attacking people with a knife in a square used for Oktoberfest.

The perpetrator reportedly stabbed a 56-year-old man before then attacking a 25-year-old woman in Theresienwiese, Munich.

ReutersPolice officers secure the area where police responded with firearms to a woman who injured several passers-by with a knife[/caption] ReutersA police car secures the area[/caption]

Cops shot the attacker – who is said to be Bulgarian – with a service weapon on the corner of St Pauls Square and Bavariang.

She died in the hospital after undergoing emergency surgery, Bild reports.

The motive currently remains unclear.

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