2024-02-09T09:48:12+00:00
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/ The Swiss police announced on Friday that they had killed an Iranian refugee who had held 15 people hostage using a knife and an axe.
A 32-year-old Iranian asylum seeker armed with an axe and a knife held 15 people hostage on a train between Polme and Yverdon-les-Bains for about four hours until police stormed the train and killed the man late on Thursday, police said in a statement, according to Reuters.
“All hostages were freed unharmed and the hostage-taker was fatally injured during the intervention,” Vaud canton police said.
The police did not provide any details about the possible motives of the perpetrator.
Hostage taking is rare in Switzerland, but it does happen in banks and companies.
In January 2022, employees of a watch manufacturing company were taken hostage and forced to open a safe containing precious metals.