‘No chance’ to prevent random violence

A deadly attack like Saturday’s – involving flammables and a knife on a train – cannot be prevented, says the head of the security firm that monitors public transport in Switzerland.  “We have no chance to prevent such cases. It’s hardly possible to have security in the right place if someone who’s never stood out to the authorities suddenly commits a crime,” Martin Graf, CEO of Securitrans, told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper on Monday. Securitrans is co-owned by the Swiss Federal Railways and security firm Securitas.  On Saturday afternoon, a 27-year-old Swiss man set fellow train passengers on fire and stabbed some with a knife – killing one and injuring five others. The attacker also died of burns. The incident occurred in eastern Switzerland, near Salez station in canton St Gallen. According to Graf, that regional train line had been a completely peaceful zone until Saturday.  “As a rule, we patrol in the places and at the times where the most activity is – in ...