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Man injures seven Swiss train passengers

Other News Materials 13 August 2016 20:50 (UTC +04:00)
Seven people have been injured after a man attacked passengers on a train in Switzerland with 'fire and a knife'
Man injures seven Swiss train passengers

Seven people have been injured after a man attacked passengers on a train in Switzerland with 'fire and a knife', Daily Mail reported.

"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.

It said the injured were taken to various hospitals with burn and stab wounds, and that the assailant was also injured in the incident and transported to hospital. The attack occurred at 2:20 p.m. (0820 ET) on a train traveling between Buchs and Sennwald in the canton of St. Gallen, the police statement said.

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