Swiss federal prosecutors probe terror links to knife attack

Swiss federal prosecutors have taken over the investigation into Thursday's knife attack at Winterthur railway station and are treating the case as suspected terrorism, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) said on Friday.



The federal prosecutor said it had opened criminal proceedings against the suspected attacker on suspicion of multiple attempted murder and participation in, or support for, a terrorist organisation.



Three Swiss men were injured in the attack which took place on Thursday morning in Winterthur, a city to the north of Zurich.



One person was stabbed in the leg, another in the neck, while a third man was stabbed in the thigh. All were taken to hospital with the third man needing emergency surgery for his injuries.



Police arrested the alleged perpetrator, a 31-year-old dual Swiss-Turkish national, at the station a few minutes after the first emergency call was received.