In December last year, a 33- year-old Swiss man broke into his neighbours’ house in Rupperswil and killed four people before setting the house on fire, in an incident that shocked the country.
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“It is too early to say anything about (the motive)”, Saint Gallen police spokesman Gian Andrea Rezzoli told AFP, reiterating that there was no indication it was a terrorist or politically-motivated attack.
A 17-year-old girl remained in life-threatening condition Monday after a man attacked her and other passengers on a Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid, police said. In this August 13, 2016 picture a man cleans the platform as the train stands at the station following an attack onboard, in Salez, Switzerland.
In Switzerland at least six people have suffered burn and knife wounds after a man set fire to a liquid inside a train carriage near Salez and stabbed several passengers according to St Gallen police. “We have not found any” police representatives said in a statement.
They said the suspect was not known to police prior to the attack. On Sunday, the 27-year-old assailant and a 34-year-old woman he had attacked died of their injuries.
Police were investigating the attacker’s motive.
The Swiss train attack again illustrates how hard it is for authorities to protect the continent’s labyrinthine transport system, particularly against individuals wielding unsophisticated weapons.
The wounded included two women aged 17 and 43, and two men aged 17 and 50 in addition to the child.
In May, a 27-year-old German man who had been in psychiatric care stabbed commuters at a train station in the German state of Bavaria, killing one and wounding three others before being apprehended by police.
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The train was heavily damaged by the fire.
