Keystone-SDA
(Keystone-ATS) The young man who attacked and injured three children with a knife in Zurich on Tuesday was living in Switzerland as a student since the summer of 2023. The Zurich Public Prosecutor’s Office requested preventive detention of the 23-year-old Chinese.
Preventive measures The court now has 48 hours to deliver a verdict on the investigating authority’s request, it indicated later on Wednesday. The young man accepted the truth. His intentions are still unclear.
Around noon on Tuesday, the young man attacked a group of children at a daycare in Zurich-Oerlikon with a knife. A 5-year-old boy was seriously injured, two other children of the same age suffered minor injuries. None of them are in mortal danger.
The daycare worker and a passerby were successful in controlling the attacker and holding him on the ground until police arrived. Investigators are inclined to trace a different attacker. There is no evidence to suggest the existence of a companion.