Zurich: In a shocking and threatening testament to growing selective targeting, communal violence and abuse across the globe, an armed man with a sharp bladed weapon unleashed an attack on three people and caused severe injury. The dreadful incident occurred at the Winterthur train station near Zurich in Switzerland. What was more frightful was the perpetrator shouted “Allahu Akbar” after causing the injury.
The incident took place on May 28, Thursday morning around 8:30AM and the culprit has been taken to custody by the Zurich cantonal police. As per the preliminary investigations, the perpetrator is identified as a 31 year-old Swiss national. However, his true intentions behind the knife attack are under investigation, the police statement further added. Zurich cantonal police said it was undertaking the investigations in cooperation with Winterthur Municipal Police and the Swiss Federal Railways’ transport police.
The footage pertaining to the attack at the Winterthur station has been telecasted by various Swiss media and it depicts a man with long hair, wearing black T-shirt and shorts running outside the station shouting “Allahu Akbar”. Meanwhile, the three people injured in the attack have been identified as Swiss citizens aged 28, 43 and 52 years old. The police said that all three victims have been admitted to the hospital and the treatment is underway.
Swiss newspaper Blick wrote the statement given by an eye witness of the heinous crime. As per the eye witness, the perpetrator held a knife and the people around him were screaming and running away. Another eyewitness, a taxi driver, told Zurich-based daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung that a man had been walking around the station’s underpass attacking people. Also, at the time of the attack, a group of school children were passing through the train station. The school teacher who was afraid of the incident can be seen standing in front of the children and trying to protect them from the armed man, local media sources cited.
