{"id":73795,"date":"2026-05-28T19:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73795\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:32:14","slug":"three-stabbed-in-knife-rampage-outside-busy-train-station-in-switzerland-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73795\/","title":{"rendered":"Three stabbed in knife rampage outside busy train station in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been injured in a knife rampage at a train station in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>The victims of the early morning attack in Winterthur, near Zurich, were rushed to hospital, one having sustained serious injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>A 31-year-old Swiss national was arrested after attempting to flee the scene, local media reported. Police said they were still working to identify a motive.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A man runs through the street outside the station before being arrested on Thursday (Blick)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_uk_the_independent_uk_182\/0b307f66a8388da32c1f36195fcefc07.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A man runs through the street outside the station before being arrested on Thursday (Blick)<\/p>\n<p>Swiss newspaper <a data-ylk=\"slk:Blick;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blick.ch\/schweiz\/zuerich\/sie-haben-alles-abgesperrt-grosser-polizeieinsatz-am-bahnhof-winterthur-id21978167.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Blick<\/a> said it had obtained a video showing a man running out of the station concourse shouting \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d, an Arabic phrase meaning God is great.<\/p>\n<p>Video shared by the newspaper showed a group of children being guided away from a man running along the street besides the station while others streamed across the road.<\/p>\n<p>Blick 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.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"People scatter amid a reported knife attack in Switzerland (Blick)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_uk_the_independent_uk_182\/67412d03851a3e782e047901fea4ebfb.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>People scatter amid a reported knife attack in Switzerland (Blick)<\/p>\n<p>Images from the scene showed a cordon set up and police on hand after the incident, which occurred shortly after 8.30am local time.<\/p>\n<p>Police said that the three injured individuals were Swiss citizens aged 28, 43 and 52.<\/p>\n<p>Roger Bonetti, spokesperson for the Zurich cantonal police, said one person sustained serious injuries, while the other two were \u201cmoderately\u201d injured in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Blick shared images of a man with long dark hair and a black T-shirt being arrested by police.<\/p>\n<p>This news is breaking: more to follow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been injured in a knife rampage at a train station in Switzerland. 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