Chinese man arrested after stabbing attack injures 3 children, one ‘seriously’ in Switzerland

A man attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care centre in Zurich on Tuesday, Swiss police said. The suspect was arrested.

Officers were alerted to the incident in the Oerlikon district of Switzerland’s biggest city shortly after midday. Police said the children were on their way to the day care centre with a woman who works for the facility when the man suddenly stabbed them.

The centre employee quickly overwhelmed the assailant with the help of another man and held him until police arrived. The suspect, who police said was 23 years old and Chinese, was arrested.

One boy was seriously wounded, and two others injured, according to police.

“A man suddenly attacked the children with a blade,” said a police statement, which added that a suspect had been arrested. “One seriously wounded boy and two moderately injured boys aged five were given first aid before being taken to hospital,” the statement said.