ZURICH: Three five-year-old boys wounded in a stabbing assault on a bunch of kids in Zurich are not in mortal hazard, prosecutors stated on Wednesday (Oct 2).
The assault occurred Tuesday on a principally residential road within the Oerlikon district within the north of Switzerland’s greatest metropolis.
A 23-year-old Chinese language man arrested on the scene confessed beneath questioning, Zurich prosecutors stated Wednesday.
It stated the person had been in Switzerland for examine functions because the center of final 12 months, with out offering additional particulars.
“The presumption of innocence applies” till all authorized proceedings have been concluded, it stated.
“There have thus far been no indications of accomplices or co-perpetrators,” it stated, including although that investigations had been persevering with “intensively”.
The prosecutor’s workplace stated it had filed a court docket petition for the suspect to be remanded in custody.
One of many boys had been severely wounded within the assault, police stated Tuesday, whereas two others had been additionally damage.
“The injured are three boys aged 5. Their lives are actually out of hazard,” prosecutors stated Wednesday.
Police stated a daycare employee was accompanying a number of youngsters to the centre when a person instantly attacked the kids with a blade.
“The daycare employee reacted instantly and overpowered the attacker with the assistance of a person,” police stated.
“SCREAMING FOR HELP”
Mirco Bruhwiler, a 38-year-old who works close by, informed the 20 Minuten newspaper that he held the suspect till officers arrived.
He stated he normally heard the kids singing as they handed by, however on Tuesday “they had been screaming for assist, so I went outdoors”.
Bruhwiler stated the suspect was calm and sitting on the bottom.
“However I assumed I needed to maintain him so he would not run away, so I took him in a managed grip,” he stated.
A girl from the daycare centre immobilised the blade beneath her foot, the newspaper report added.
20 Minuten additionally had footage of a police unit coming into a residential constructing not removed from the scene of the assault, saying the suspect lived in a one-room condominium.
Stabbings are a uncommon prevalence in Switzerland, much more so when involving youngsters.
In China, stabbing assaults have multiplied lately, together with lethal assaults particularly concentrating on colleges.
In July 2023, six folks had been killed and one other injured in a stabbing assault at a kindergarten within the southern province of Guangdong.
And in August 2022, three folks died and 6 others had been injured in a stabbing at a kindergarten within the southeastern province of Jiangxi.
