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Terrorism in Switzerland 2026 Winterthur stabbing attack Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a train station in Winterthur , Switzerland .
Confirmed
Police said the three victims - Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 - were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station. Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin said on social media he was "shocked by the terrorist attack this morning in Winterthur".
The suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur, regional police chief Marius Weyermann said. He said that on Monday, the suspect was sent to a psychiatric hospital after he had presented himself at a police station, where he made "incoherent statements".
He said the suspect was born in Switzerland and gained Swiss citizenship in 2009 and apparently had spent much of the last two years in Turkey. Marius Weyermann, commander of the Zurich cantonal police, said at a news conference with Fehr that the suspect lived in the area and had come to authorities' attention in 2015 for distributing Islamic State (IS) group propaganda.
Mario Fehr, Canton Zurich's security director, said it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism". Weyermann said one of the victims, the 52 year old, was stabbed in the thigh and remains in hospital after receiving emergency surgery.
The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed weapon, they said, adding that the motive was under investigation. The first two were discharged or were about to be released from hospitals by midafternoon, Weyermann said.
Weyermann said investigators believe the man acted alone.
What's confirmed
- Police said the three victims - Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 - were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station.
- The suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur, regional police chief Marius Weyermann said.
- He said the suspect was born in Switzerland and gained Swiss citizenship in 2009 and apparently had spent much of the last two years in Turkey.
- Mario Fehr, Canton Zurich's security director, said it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism".
- The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed weapon, they said, adding that the motive was under investigation.
- Weyermann said investigators believe the man acted alone.
What's still developing
- Police said the three victims - Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 - were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station.
- The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed weapon, they said, adding that the motive was under investigation.
- Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin said on social media he was "shocked by the terrorist attack this morning in Winterthur".
- Mario Fehr, Canton Zurich's security director, said it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism".
- Marius Weyermann, commander of the Zurich cantonal police, said at a news conference with Fehr that the suspect lived in the area and had come to authorities' attention in 2015 for distributing Islamic State (IS)…
- He said that on Monday, the suspect was sent to a psychiatric hospital after he had presented himself at a police station, where he made "incoherent statements".
- Weyermann said one of the victims, the 52 year old, was stabbed in the thigh and remains in hospital after receiving emergency surgery.
- The suspect, who was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in Winterthur, regional police chief Marius Weyermann said.