Violence 23-year-old injures three children, some seriously, with a stabbing weapon

A 23-year-old man attacked several children with a stabbing weapon at a day nursery in Zurich-Oerlikon on Tuesday. One seriously injured and two moderately injured boys aged five were taken to hospital.

An after-school care worker was walking with several children from a kindergarten to an after-school care center when a man with a stabbing weapon attacked the children on Berninastrasse, according to Zurich city police.

The nursery worker reacted immediately and overpowered the attacker with the help of another man. They held the suspected perpetrator until the emergency services arrived.

The suspected perpetrator, a 23-year-old Chinese man, was arrested without resistance and taken to a police station by Zurich city police, it was reported.