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Woman injured in Swiss train attack dies Swiss train attacker and female victim die from injuries
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One of six people injured when a man started a fire and stabbed passengers on a train in Switzerland has died of her injuries, police have said. A man who attacked passengers on a crowded Swiss train with a knife and burning liquid died of his wounds, as did one of his victims, a 34-year-old woman, Swiss police have said.
Police in Switzerland’s eastern canton of St Gallen said a 34-year-old woman, who had been in critical condition since the attack on Saturday afternoon, died of her injuries on Sunday morning. Police are still searching for a motive but said there was no indication the 27-year-old Swiss man from a neighbouring region had ties to extremist groups. The man and the 34-year-old victim died on Sunday.
A 27-year-old Swiss national is said to have used flammable liquid to start a fire on a moving train near Salez, in eastern Switzerland, before stabbing people. A 43-year-old woman, a 6-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl remained in hospital with serious injuries, one in critical condition, St Gallen canton police spokesman Hans-Peter Kruesi said on Sunday. A 17-year-old and a 50-year-old man also wounded in the attack have been treated and released, he said. Kruesi said all the victims lived in the St Gallen canton.
Among the victims were two men aged 17 and 50, two women aged 17 and 43, and a six-year-old girl, who suffered burns and stab wounds. One of the women and the child were in a serious condition, police said. Swiss police searched the assailant’s home after the Saturday afternoon attack on the train as it neared the station in Salez, close to the Liechtenstein border. Kruesi would not comment on what evidence was seized at the home, but said “so far there are no indications this was a terrorist or politically motivated crime”.
Dozens of people were on the train at the time of the incident. The attacker, who suffered serious burns, remained in a critical condition, police spokesman Bruno Metzger said. Police were not able to question the attacker before he died, Kruesi said, adding that the man had no criminal record and was not previously known to police. According to a video of the attack, evaluated by police, the assailant acted alone, attacking passengers on the train between Buchs and Sennwald with a knife and then burning liquid, which is now being analysed by a police forensics team.
The woman who died had a large amount of flammable liquid poured over her, leading to speculation that she may have been the main target of the attack, but Metzger said this could not be confirmed. The train driver was being credited for their quick thinking, continuing into the Salez station before stopping, a move that allowed police and rescue crews to get onboard easier.
Hanspeter Kruesi, another police spokesman, said the attack did not appear to have been directed at a single person. Five passengers on the train were wounded in the attack and a sixth person on the train platform, the 50-year-old man, was wounded as he pulled the burning attacker off the train, police said. The 50-year-old was treated for smoke inhalation and burns, Kruesi said.
It remained unclear whether the attacker knew any of the victims, he said.