{"id":73589,"date":"2026-05-28T14:22:44","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73589\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T14:22:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:22:44","slug":"three-wounded-by-swiss-train-station-stabber-allegedly-yelling-allahu-akbar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73589\/","title":{"rendered":"Three wounded by Swiss train station stabber allegedly yelling ‘Allahu akbar’"},"content":{"rendered":"

GENEVA \u2014 A man stabbed and wounded three people at the train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur on Thursday before being arrested, police said.<\/p>\n

The attack happened shortly after 8:30 a.m., Zurich regional police said in a statement. They said that the motive of the suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, is under investigation.<\/p>\n

The three victims \u2014 all of them Swiss, ages 28, 43 and 52 \u2014 were taken to hospitals. No information was given on the severity of their injuries.<\/p>\n

Police said the suspected perpetrator \u2014 a 31-year-old Swiss man \u2014 had been arrested and that his \u201cmotive is under investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attacks targeting random passersby are rare in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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Images broadcast by several Swiss media outlets and on social media showed a man with long dark hair and a full beard running in front of the station shouting \u201cAllahu akbar!\u201d (Arabic for God is the greatest), while raising his right hand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard a man scream \u2018Allahu akbar\u2019 five or six times, in a very agitated manner,\u201d one witness was quoted\u00a0as saying by newspaper Blick.<\/p>\n

Several witnesses quoted by Swiss media said he was armed with a knife.<\/p>\n

In the footage, filmed from a distance on a mobile phone, the man, wearing a black T-shirt and shorts, is seen running past a group of young children apparently on a school trip, without stopping.<\/p>\n

A group of schoolchildren were passing the area at the time and their teacher moved to protect them, the BBC reported citing local media.<\/p>\n

Am Bahnhof Winterthur (Schweiz) soll ein Mann mehrere Personen mit einem Messer verletzt haben. Bei seiner Flucht schrie er: \u201eAllahu Akbar\u201c. https:\/\/t.co\/fnTcRHTXPg<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/P6usg0FBN3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 NIUS (@niusde_) May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Winterthur has about 123,000 residents and is located in northeastern Switzerland, near the country\u2019s biggest city, Zurich.\n<\/p>\n


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