Seven people are in hospital with stab wounds and burns, police say, after an attack on a train near St.Gallen, Switzerland. The man set the train carriage on fire using a flammable liquid and also stabbed passengers, including a six-year-old child, police said. Details are sparse for now but The BBC reports, the suspected attacker, described as a Swiss man aged 27, was also taken to hospital after the incident near Salez in St Gallen Canton. #BREAKING Man attacks Swiss train passengers with fire, knife, injures 7: police — AFP news agency (@AFP) August 13, 2016 Swiss police and special forces have sealed off the train and the interior minister is believed to be holding a special meeting on how to deal with incident. As The Mirror reports, The incident took place in St Gallen in norther eastern Switzerland. Click to enlarge. The carriage was reportedly left covered in blood following the attack, as the badly injured were treated at the scene. Details surrounding the incident took place are currently unclear, but it comes after Europe has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks over the past 12 months. Click to enlarge. As Tages Anzeiger reports, On the railway line between Buchs and Sennwald it came around 14:20 just before Salez station to an incident.
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Seven people are in hospital with stab wounds and burns, police say, after an attack on a train near St.Gallen, Switzerland. The man set the train carriage on fire using a flammable liquid and also stabbed passengers, including a six-year-old child, police said. Details are sparse for now but The BBC reports, the suspected attacker, described as a Swiss man aged 27, was also taken to hospital after the incident near Salez in St Gallen Canton.
#BREAKING Man attacks Swiss train passengers with fire, knife, injures 7: police
— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 13, 2016
Swiss police and special forces have sealed off the train and the interior minister is believed to be holding a special meeting on how to deal with incident. As The Mirror reports,
The incident took place in St Gallen in norther eastern Switzerland. The carriage was reportedly left covered in blood following the attack, as the badly injured were treated at the scene. Details surrounding the incident took place are currently unclear, but it comes after Europe has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks over the past 12 months.
France, Germany and Belgium have all been targeted, and other European nations have been bracing for assaults on their soil.