{"id":73411,"date":"2026-05-28T09:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73411\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T09:57:15","slug":"three-stabbed-by-knifeman-shouting-allahu-akbar-at-switzerland-train-station-in-front-of-terrified-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73411\/","title":{"rendered":"Three stabbed by knifeman shouting \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 at Switzerland train station in front of terrified children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were stabbed by a knifeman who shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d multiple times as he launched an attack in front of a group of school children at a Swiss train station on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The armed attacker, described as a 31-year-old Swiss man, stabbed three men at different locations at the Winterthur train station outside of Zurich, according to the Swiss newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesanzeiger.ch\/polizeieinsatz-am-bahnhof-winterthur-unterfuehrung-gesperrt-558233796590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tages-Anzeiger.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses said a group of school children had passed the knife-wielding man, as the teacher stepped in to protect the defenseless minors.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.57128906;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39510774\" width=\"337\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-095412.jpg\" alt=\"A group of children and adults walking on a sidewalk.\" class=\"wp-image-39510774\"  \/>A knifeman shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d multiple times as he launched an attack, allegedly stabbing three people at a busy Swiss train station on May 28, 2026. @NilsFiechter\/X<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe had a knife in his hand,\u201d a witness <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blick.ch\/schweiz\/zuerich\/sie-haben-alles-abgesperrt-grosser-polizeieinsatz-am-bahnhof-winterthur-id21978167.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">told Blick.<\/a> \u201cEveryone was screaming and running away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video shared online by Swiss <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NilsFiechter\/status\/2059922541045551191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">politician Nils Fiechter<\/a> captured the ragged-looking man racing down the street with a hand in the air screaming \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d as the frightened children were ushered to safety.<\/p>\n<p>The suspected attacker was arrested by officers at the train station and hauled off to a police station across the street, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Another witness, a student traveling through the station, reported seeing the attack less than 100 feet away from where they were standing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard a man behind me shout \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 five or six times in a very emotional and agitated manner,\u201d the witness told Blick.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.56835938;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39510773\" width=\"335\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-28-at-095403.jpg\" alt=\"A busy town square with a large building and several flags, including a Swiss flag, hanging from it.\" class=\"wp-image-39510773\"  \/>The armed attacker, described as a middle-aged man, stabbed the men across three locations at the Winterthur train station. @NilsFiechter\/X<\/p>\n<p>One of the victims was seriously injured while the other two suffered moderate wounds. All three were transported to local hospitals, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrested the suspect at the station.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police have blocked off an area of 300 feet as they investigate the daylight attack.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people were stabbed by a knifeman who shouted \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d multiple times as he launched an attack&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[38780,17,1046],"class_list":["post-73411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-stabbings","tag-switzerland","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116651612292331168","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}