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Police say a man stabbed and wounded 3 people at a Swiss train station before being arrested
Police say the suspect was arrested within minutes, and one victim underwent emergency surgery as investigators examine possible radicalization.
- 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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Authorities classified the incident as a terrorist attack.
A 31-year-old man wounded three people with a knife this morning at Winterthur station, near Zurich. The stabbing incident is being treated as a terrorist act, police said. Doctors concluded yesterday that the perpetrator posed no danger.
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