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Latest news Glarus cantonal police use firearm against violent offender

SDA

9.11.2025 - 15:08

A member of the Glarus cantonal police used a firearm against a violent offender on Friday. (symbolic image)
A member of the Glarus cantonal police used a firearm against a violent offender on Friday. (symbolic image)
Keystone

A police patrol injured a violent man with a firearm in Oberurnen in the canton of Glarus. The 35-year-old had previously attacked a 27-year-old with a knife and inflicted stab wounds.

Keystone-SDA

09.11.2025, 15:08

The Glarus cantonal police were alerted at 11.30 p.m. on Friday "due to an intervention in a domestic situation", as reported on Sunday. The patrol then came across an ongoing dispute. Both injured persons were hospitalized.

The cantonal public prosecutor's office is investigating the incident, the statement continued. An application for pre-trial detention has been made against the 35-year-old perpetrator. He has since been released from hospital.

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