In Switzerland, a major police operation is underway at the border with Germany. A man attacked several people. There were several injured, the police said. A perpetrator has been arrested.
In the Swiss canton of Aargau on the border with Germany, a man attacked several passers-by on Wednesday. A police spokesman told the German Press Agency that he attacked people at random. “We have several injured people.” They have been rescued and are on the way to the hospital. The “20 Minutes” portal learned from the police that the man was said to have used a stabbing weapon.
The perpetrator, who initially barricaded himself in a building, was arrested, the police reported on the short message service X (formerly Twitter) at 6:38 p.m. The police were on site in large numbers. She had advised residents to avoid the area in Zofingen and to close doors and windows because it was still unclear whether one or more perpetrators were on the move. The police spokesman was initially unable to say what the passers-by were attacked with. Zofingen is located around 50 kilometers southeast of Basel.
