ZURICH: A person wounded three folks with a bladed weapon on the Winterthur practice station close to Zurich on Thursday (Could 28) morning, earlier than being arrested, Swiss police stated.
“Shortly after 8.30am (2.30pm, Singapore time), a person injured three folks with a bladed weapon at Winterthur practice station,” the Zurich canton’s police stated in a press release.
They stated the suspected perpetrator – a 31-year-old Swiss man – had been arrested and that his “motive is underneath investigation”.
Photos broadcast by a number of Swiss media retailers and on social media in the meantime confirmed a person with lengthy brown hair and carrying a black t-shirt and shorts working in entrance of the station previous a bunch of kids, shouting “Allahu Akbar!” (“God is the best”).
The three individuals who had been injured within the assault in Winterthur – Switzerland’s sixth-largest metropolis, positioned northeast of Zurich metropolis – had been aged 28, 43 and 52 and had been all Swiss residents, police stated.
“All three had been taken to hospital,” they stated.
Zurich cantonal police stated it was cooperating with Winterthur municipal police, the Swiss Federal Railways’ transport police, in addition to hospital, ambulance and rescue companies within the operation.
