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| Six passengers were injured when a 27-year old Swiss man poured out flammable liquid inside a train in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen and set it alight, local police say. The alleged perpetrator was also armed with a knife. | Six passengers were injured when a 27-year old Swiss man poured out flammable liquid inside a train in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen and set it alight, local police say. The alleged perpetrator was also armed with a knife. |
| "According to current information a 27-year-old Swiss man poured out a flammable liquid. He was also armed with at least one knife. The liquid caught fire," St. Gallen cantonal police said in a statement, Reuters reports. | "According to current information a 27-year-old Swiss man poured out a flammable liquid. He was also armed with at least one knife. The liquid caught fire," St. Gallen cantonal police said in a statement, Reuters reports. |
| The assailant was also among the seven people injured, the newspaper Tagesanzeiger has reported, citing police, adding that six passengers have been hospitalized with knife and burn injuries. | The assailant was also among the seven people injured, the newspaper Tagesanzeiger has reported, citing police, adding that six passengers have been hospitalized with knife and burn injuries. |
| “At least one child is among those wounded,” Bruno Metzger, a spokesperson for St. Gallen police, is quoted as saying by St. Galler’s Tagblatt newspaper. | “At least one child is among those wounded,” Bruno Metzger, a spokesperson for St. Gallen police, is quoted as saying by St. Galler’s Tagblatt newspaper. |
| According to Radio FM1, the perpetrator spilled the flammable liquid on a female passenger and then set it on fire. | |
| Police have opened a criminal investigation into the case and are looking into possible motives for the attack, the outlet adds. | |
| Law enforcement has secured the train near the Salez railway station. The Daily Mail also reports that the country’s Interior Minister is currently holding an emergency meeting. | Law enforcement has secured the train near the Salez railway station. The Daily Mail also reports that the country’s Interior Minister is currently holding an emergency meeting. |
| A similar assault was committed by an asylum seeker believed to be from Afghanistan or Pakistan who injured five fellow passengers while travelling on a train near the German town of Wurzburg on July 17. The perpetrator had earlier pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). | |
| After that attack, another refugee assaulted and killed a woman with a machete in the city of Reutlingen. In addition, on July 25 a Syrian refugee set off a suicide bomb at a festival in the city of Ansbach, injuring 14 people. That attacker had also pledged allegiance to IS. | |
| However, the deadliest assault over the past months took place near the Olympia shopping mall in Munich on July 22, when a German-Iranian killer went on a rampage, killing nine people and injuring over 30 others. That perpetrator was shot dead by police. |