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Swiss police say attacker injures three with knife in Winterthur

28 May 2026 14:49 (UTC +04:00)

A man was arrested after injuring three people in a knife attack at ‌a train station in the Swiss city of Winterthur near Zurich, local police said on Thursday, Reuters reports.

Police said the attack happened shortly after ⁠0630 GMT and the suspected perpetrator 31-year-old Swiss national was arrested. The three victims of the attack were receiving hospital care, according to the police statement.

Swiss newspaper Blick said it had obtained a video ‌showing ⁠a man running out of the station concourse shouting "Allahu Akbar", an Arabic phrase meaning God is great.

The paper 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.

Police said the man's motive was being investigated.

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