Police say a man stabbed and wounded 3 people at a Swiss train station before being arrested
Authorities say the suspect was arrested within minutes as investigators examine possible extremist motives and the victims were taken to hospital.
- On Thursday, a 31-year-old Swiss man stabbed three people at the train station in Winterthur, Switzerland, before police arrested him; victims aged 28, 43, and 52 were transported to hospitals.
- The attack happened shortly after 8:30 a.m., according to Zurich regional police, prompting a major operation at the station; authorities provided no information on injury severity.
- Swiss newspaper Blick reported obtaining a video showing a man running from the station concourse shouting "Allahu Akbar," an Arabic phrase meaning God is great, while eyewitnesses described him holding a knife.
- Police stated the knife attack is under active investigation to determine the suspect's motive, while the 31-year-old remains in custody following his arrest.
- Winterthur, located in northeastern Switzerland near the country's largest city, Zurich, has about 123,000 residents and serves as a regional transit hub.
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WINTERTHUR, May 29 — A man reportedly shouting “Allahu akbar!” injured three people in a knife attack at a train station in Switzerland on Thursday before being arrested, in what officials said was “a terrorist act”.Witnesses described scenes of panic and confusion when the man — who authorities said was a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish national with a history of psychological problems — suddenly began stabbing people at the main train station in Win…
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by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International Correspondent ZURICH, SWITZERLAND (Worthy News) – A suspected Islamic extremist armed with a knife stabbed three men in front of schoolchildren at a train station near Zurich, Switzerland’s financial capital, officials said Thursday. Shouting “Allahu Akbar” (“Allah is greatest”), the man went on a rampage in what authorities later described as a “heinous act of terrorism.” Video footage obtained …
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