A crazed knifeman shouted “Allahu Akbar” and stabbed three men in front of schoolchildren at a Swiss train station Thursday morning — and authorities labeled the attacker’s rampage a “heinous act of terrorism.”
The madman, a 31-year-old Turkish-Swiss citizen, stabbed three men with a “bladed weapon” just after 8:30 a.m. at the Winterthur train station outside Zurich, the Zurich Cantonal Police said.
One witness told local outlet Blick that the man shouted “’Allahu Akbar’ five or six times in a very emotional and agitated manner” and three men, ages 28, 43 and 52, were injured in the rampage.
The 52-year-old underwent emergency surgery after being stabbed in the thigh, Marius Weyermann, a Zurich police commander, told reporters at a news conference.
The 43-year-old suffered a neck injury and has since been released from the hospital, while the 28-year-old will leave the hospital “soon,” according to Weyermann.
Mario Fehr, head of Switzerland’s Department of Security, said the police response prevented something even more catastrophic from happening, Blick reported.
“Thanks to their swift intervention, something worse was prevented,” he said, labeling the stabbings a “heinous act of terrorism.”
The man carried out the rampage just three days after he was sent to a psychiatric unit in Winterthur. --->READ MORE HERE
The madman accused of stabbing three men in a frenzied rush hour attack at a Swiss train station is not a “terrorist” but someone who is “mentally ill and needs help”, his dad has claimed.
Nesip Dedeler, who allegedly shouted Allahu Akhbar during Thursday’s rampage, was described by his dad Ayhan, 55, as someone who was “very withdrawn,” after Swiss officials identified the 31-year-old as a “terrorist,” according to the Swiss outlet Blick.
“My son is not a terrorist, but mentally ill and needs help!” Ayhan said,
“Nesip has no social contacts, no girlfriend – that can’t end well. It’s not good for his mental health,” Ayhan said.
“For ten years he’s done nothing and smokes three or four packs of cigarettes a day.
“He has no education, no job, and no money.”
Ayhan said he clashed with his 31-year-old son after telling him to “make something of himself.”
“He [Nesip] said ‘Don’t talk nonsense. Don’t argue with me.”
Mario Fehr, the head of Switzerland’s Department of Security, identified Nesip Dedeler as the knifeman who committed the broad daylight attack at a press conference held Thursday afternoon.
Ayhan said he only learned about the stabbings through the media, before revealing his ex-wife and two other sons are set to be quizzed by the authorities.
“I don’t know why it happened,” the dad said.
Swiss authorities revealed Dedeler was admitted into a psychiatric unit on Monday after making incoherent comments – three days before the attack.
He left the center on his own accord the following day – before he was captured by police and readmitted.
“He [Dedeler] was apparently afraid of the treatment, said something about injections,” Ayhan claimed.
“I told him: Take your pills, eat well, exercise. Think of it like a stay in a five-star hotel – for your own health!” --->READ MORE HERE
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