Three stabbed ‘by knifeman shouting Allahu Akbar’ at Swiss train station
A man has been arrested after injuring three people in a knife attack at a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur near Zurich.
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Police said the attack happened shortly after 6.30am (GMT) and the suspected perpetrator 31-year-old Swiss national was arrested. The three victims of the attack were receiving hospital care, according to the police statement.
Swiss newspaper Blick said it had obtained a video showing a man running out of the station concourse shouting "Allahu Akbar", an Arabic phrase meaning God is great.
The paper cited an eyewitness as saying the man held a knife, while people around him were screaming and running away. The incident prompted a major police operation, it added.
Police said the man's motive was being investigated.
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🔴🇨🇭 BREAKING NEWS - A man attacked several people with a knife in Winterthur, Switzerland, injuring several, before shouting "Allahu Akbar", according to initial reports. pic.twitter.com/85FLVa9cnd
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