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Swiss train attack: 6 passengers, including 1 child, suffer burn, knife wounds Swiss train attack: 6 passengers, including 1 child, suffer burn, knife wounds
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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."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.
The assailant was also among the seven people injured, police say. Six passengers "have been hospitalized with knife and burn injuries." The assailant was also among the seven people injured, police say. 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. One of the injured is in critical condition, police spokesperson Hanspeter Krüsi told the Tagesanzeiger. 
"Apart from a large presence of St. Gallen canton police, fire brigades, three helicopters and two emergency doctors,” have been dispatched to the site of the attack, police added. “At least one child is among those wounded,” St. Gallen police is quoted as saying by St. Galler’s Tagblatt newspaper. Law enforcers added that the child in question is only six years old. 
According to Radio FM1, the perpetrator spilled the flammable liquid on a female passenger and then set it on fire. The attack happened at 2:20 a.m. local time as the train was traveling between the towns of Buchs and Sennwald, located in northeast Switzerland. 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. "Apart from a large presence of St. Gallen canton police, fire brigades, three helicopters and two emergency doctors,” have been dispatched to the site of the attack, police said.
Authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the case and are looking into possible motives for the attack.
“We do not know where the man entered the train and whether he knew some of the passengers,” Krüsi said. Law enforcers were not able to talk to the train driver in the immediate aftermath of the assault since the person “was in shock and could not provide any details.”
“A crime of passion” is one of the possibilities the Swiss police is currently investigating, Reuters reports. The outlet adds that, according to the police spokesperson, “a terrorism background still seems very, very far-fetched.”“A crime of passion” is one of the possibilities the Swiss police is currently investigating, Reuters reports. The outlet adds that, according to the police spokesperson, “a terrorism background still seems very, very far-fetched.”
The attack happened at 2:20 a.m. local time as the train was traveling between the towns of Buchs and Sennwald, located in northeast Switzerland. However, Ricardo Baretzky, president of the European Centre for Information Policy and Security, told RT that Europe is facing a changing threat from terrorism.
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. “Any attack on people of this nature is a form of terror attack, whether they belong to a fundamental group or not, that is a fundamental point,” Baretzky said. He added that unless governments understand that this is a new type of terrorism, “they will fail.”
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 18. The perpetrator had earlier pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).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 18. 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 24 a Syrian refugee set off a suicide bomb at a festival in the city of Ansbach, injuring 15 people. That attacker had also pledged allegiance to IS.After that attack, another refugee assaulted and killed a woman with a machete in the city of Reutlingen. In addition, on July 24 a Syrian refugee set off a suicide bomb at a festival in the city of Ansbach, injuring 15 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.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.