Man remanded in custody after Zurich knife attack

The man who injured three children in an attack on Tuesday has been detained in pre-trial custody following a request by the public prosecutor’s office. The compulsory measures court already ordered the pre-trial detention on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Zurich public prosecutor told the Keystone-SDA news agency on Thursday. The spokesman did not make any further statements on the background to the crime. + Get the most important Swiss news directly in your inbox On Tuesday afternoon, the 23-year-old man suddenly attacked a group of children heading to an after-school care facility in Zurich. A five-year-old boy was seriously injured and two other five-year-olds suffered moderate injuries. The public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that all of the children are out of danger. Adapted from German by DeepL/dos How we work This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an ...