A man stabs three people at the main train station in Winterthur, Switzerland, injuring three men, authorities say. The incident takes place on Thursday and is described by police as an “act of terror.” Multiple reports say witnesses saw sudden violence that caused panic and confusion in and around the station. Injured victims are reported as Swiss men aged 28, 43, and 52. Emergency services respond quickly, and the suspect is arrested shortly after the attack begins. Global News and other outlets report the arrest occurs about five minutes after emergency services are alerted. BBC News and other coverage identify the suspect as a 31-year-old man. Police also cordon off areas around the station during the investigation. Global News additionally reports the suspect is a Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur. Authorities do not describe further details about a motive in the provided reports, but they characterize the stabbing as a terrorist act.
Man arrested after stabbing three at Winterthur train station in suspected terrorist attack
A man stabs three people at the main train station in Winterthur, Switzerland, injuring three men, authorities say. The incident takes place on Thursday and is described by police as an “act of terror...
- A man stabs three people at the main train station in Winterthur, Switzerland, on Thursday.
- Authorities describe the attack as an “act of terror.”
- Three men are wounded; reported ages are 28, 43, and 52.
- The suspect is arrested shortly after the attack, with one report saying about five minutes after emergency services are alerted.
- Police cordon off the station area while investigating; the suspect is reported as 31 years old and lives in Winterthur.
A man stabbed and wounded three people in what authorities described as an "act of terror" at the train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday before being arrested. The attack took place shortly before 8:30 am. The suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur, regional police chief Marius Weyermann said. He had come to authorities' attention in 2015 for distributing propaganda of the Islamic State group, Weyermann added. In recent days, he was taken to a psychiatric facility after calling the police emergency number and making "confused comments", but he left on Wednesday after a doctor determined that he was not dangerous. Three Swiss men, aged 28, 43 and 52, were wounded in Thursday's attack. The first two were discharged or were about to be released from hospitals by mid-afternoon, Weyermann said. The oldest was still hospitalised after an operation on a thigh ...
2 months agoThe suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur.
3 months agoWitnesses described scenes of panic and confusion when the man suddenly began stabbing people at the main train station in Winterthur.
3 months agoThree Swiss men, ages 28, 43 and 52, were wounded in Thursday's attack.
3 months agoA man has been arrested after allegedly stabbing three people at a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur.
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