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Swiss train attack: Attacker and one of his victims die from their injuries | |
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The man who attacked passengers with a knife and set fire to a Swiss train has died from his injuries alongside one of his victims, police say. | |
Three others are believed to remain in a critical condition in hospital. | |
The unnamed 34-year-old woman was one of seven people injured when the man attacked passengers with a knife then douzed the carriage with a flammable liquid as the train pulled into Salez in the north-eastern St Gallen canton near the Liechtenstein border. | |
One of the injured is believed to have been a six-year-old girl. | One of the injured is believed to have been a six-year-old girl. |
St Gallen police said two men, aged 17 and 50, and three women aged 17, 34 and 43 were burned by the fire or suffered knife wounds. | |
They said the attacker poured the flammable liquid on one of the women who then caught alight. It is not known if this is the woman who has now died. | |
Police spokesman Hans-Peter Kruesi said they were unable to interview the suspect due to the severity of his injuries but added that they had found no evidence of any ties to extremist groups. | |
Swiss newspaper, 20 Minuten, reported that police did not believe the attack was terror related on Saturday afternoon. | Swiss newspaper, 20 Minuten, reported that police did not believe the attack was terror related on Saturday afternoon. |
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