Three wounded in stabbing at Winterthur train station; Swiss authorities call it 'act of terror'
Three Swiss men aged 28, 43 and 52 were wounded in the attack. Weyermann said the first two victims had been discharged or were about to be released from the hospital by mid-afternoon. The oldest victim remained hospitalised after undergoing surgery for a thigh injury.
Weyermann said this was not the first time the suspect had come to the attention of authorities. In 2015, he was investigated for distributing propaganda linked to the Islamic State group.
In recent days, the suspect had been taken to a psychiatric facility after calling the police emergency number and making “confused comments”. However, he left on Wednesday after a doctor determined that he was not dangerous.
Mario Fehr, the Zurich region’s top security official, said the suspect was born in Switzerland, obtained Swiss citizenship in 2009, and had apparently spent much of the last two years in Turkey.
Winterthur, located in northeastern Switzerland near Zurich, has a population of about 123,000 residents.
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