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The attack took place shortly before 8:30 a.m. The suspect, who
was arrested five minutes after emergency services were alerted,
is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national who lives in
Winterthur, regional police chief Marius Weyermann said.
He had come to authorities' attention in 2015 for distributing
propaganda of the Islamic State group, Weyermann added. In
recent days, he was taken to a psychiatric facility after
calling the police emergency number and making “confused
comments,” but he left on Wednesday after a doctor determined
that he wasn't dangerous.
Three Swiss men, ages 28, 43 and 52, were wounded in Thursday's
attack. The first two were discharged or were about to be
released from hospitals by mid-afternoon, Weyermann said. The
oldest was still hospitalized after an operation on a thigh
injury.
Weyermann said investigators believe the man acted alone.
Mario Fehr, the Zurich region's top security official, described
the attack as “an evil act of terror.” He said the suspect was
born in Switzerland and gained Swiss citizenship in 2009, and
apparently had spent much of the last two years in Turkey.
Winterthur has about 123,000 residents and is located in
northeastern Switzerland, near the country's biggest city,
Zurich.
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