Woman Dies After Attack on Swiss Train Five others injured, including a child, in the attack a day earlier in eastern Switzerland By Brian Blackstone
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ZURICH—Swiss police said Sunday that a 34-year-old woman has died as a result of injuries from an attack a day earlier on a train in eastern Switzerland that also wounded five others.
The alleged assailant, an unnamed 27-year-old man, also died from injuries sustained in the attack, police said Sunday.
Armed with a knife, the man poured flammable liquids that caught fire on the train, police in the canton of St. Gallen said in a statement. The wounded were taken to local hospitals, among them a child whose injuries were considered serious, police said Sunday.
Police said the assailant’s motive was unclear and there was no evidence that the attack was politically motivated or related to terrorism.
The authorities searched the home of the man, who didn’t have a criminal record in St. Gallen or his neighboring home canton, but the results weren’t made public.
The incident, which was captured on video, happened at 2:20 p.m. local time on Saturday as the train neared the station in Salez, near the border with Liechtenstein. According to police, a passenger who was standing on the rail platform dragged the alleged attacker from the train. The footage indicates that the alleged perpetrator acted alone, police said Sunday.
The wounded included two women aged 17 and 43, and two men aged 17 and 50 in addition to the child.
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