{"id":73961,"date":"2026-05-29T03:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73961\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T03:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:09:45","slug":"swiss-authorities-declare-train-station-stabbing-attack-act-of-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/73961\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss authorities declare train station stabbing attack &#8216;act of terrorism&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0becabe19911d953be3bd7fc71ad80f8.jpg\"\/>A police vehicle is parked in front of Winterthur train station following a stabbing attack in Winterthur, Switzerland, May 28, 2026. (PHOTO \/ KEYSTONE VIA AP)<\/p>\n<p>GENEVA &#8211; Swiss authorities said on Thursday a stabbing attack at Winterthur train station near Zurich that wounded three people was an &#8220;act of terrorism&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at around 8:30 am (0630 GMT). One person sustained serious injuries, while the other two suffered moderate injuries, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Fehr, security director for canton of Zurich, described the incident as an &#8220;act of terrorism&#8221;. &#8220;I previously used this term when describing the attack on an Orthodox Jew in Zurich-Wiedikon,&#8221; he told a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Fehr said the 31-year-old suspect, who was arrested shortly after emergency services were alerted, was born in Switzerland in 1994 and became a Swiss citizen in 2009. However, the suspect moved to Turkiye in 2024 and returned to Switzerland in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the suspect had recently been treated at a psychiatric clinic and was released on Wednesday. &#8220;At the clinic, it was decided that he posed no danger to others or to himself,&#8221; Fehr said. &#8220;That was clearly an error of judgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Swiss President Guy Parmelin said on social media he was &#8220;shocked by the terrorist attack this morning in Winterthur&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This deeply affects me,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A police vehicle is parked in front of Winterthur train station following a stabbing attack in Winterthur, Switzerland,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[14351,41,17,13390,14352,51],"class_list":["post-73961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-stabbing","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-terrorism","tag-train-station","tag-zurich"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116655670671992709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73961","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=73961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}