Chainsaw attacker wounds five in Swiss town, police launch manhunt

 

Swiss police officers stand at a crime scene in Schaffhausen, Switzerland July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

 

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (Reuters) - A man armed with a chainsaw wounded at least five people, two of them seriously, on Monday in a small Swiss town that was then put into lockdown as police hunted for the suspect.

 

Police said the attack was "not an act of terror". They said they had identified the attacker, but did not name him, describing him in a statement appealing for help from the public as bald, unkempt and around 190 cm (six feet three inches) tall.

 

The attack happened inside an office building on a shopping street in the centre of Schaffhausen, a medieval town of 36,000 inhabitants on the German border, police said.

 

Police cordoned off the area and ordered people to leave, Swiss newspaper Blick said. Witnesses saw bleeding victims being treated by rescue crews, it reported.

Helicopter ambulances were on the scene.

 

(Reporting by Arnd Wiegmann and Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi; Editing by Michael Shields and Robin Pomeroy)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-7-24

Its directly on the German Border. News states he ran back into Germany.

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1 hour ago, sebastion said:

Its directly on the German Border. News states he ran back into Germany.

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Another citizen from the EU, who is jealous of Swiss prosperity?....

They say it is not "an act of terror". Try telling that to the people who saw the chainsaw coming at them.

Medieval town? That's an inappropriate adjective. It's an old city or town, yes, but medieval it definitely isn't. Schaffhausen is just as modern and progressive as the rest of Switzerland. Yes, I know the person who wrote this report probably meant a town established and built centuries ago but it's still wrong to say medieval. 

20 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Another citizen from the EU, who is jealous of Swiss prosperity?....

 

Or perhaps he wanted the gold back the Nazis robbed off his family and sold to the Swiss?

4 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Or perhaps he wanted the gold back the Nazis robbed off his family and sold to the Swiss?

Interesting comment that could corroborate my initial post!.....However you are aware that under the asset settlement with the jews, the Swiss banks made a massive payoff years back?

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Just now, observer90210 said:

Interesting comment that runs on the line of my initial comment......However you are aware that under the asset setlement with the jews, the Swiss banks made a massive payoff years back?

 

Indeedy.

 

Now, I wonder how much got paid back and how much didn't?