Winterthur knife attacker placed in pretrial detention

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The 31-year-old Turkish-Swiss man suspected of last Thursday's knife attack in Winterthur has been placed in pretrial detention.

The suspect - known to police as close to Islamist circles and with psychiatric problems - had left a psychiatric facility the day before the attack. 

He is accused of injuring three people, one of them seriously. 

 

 

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