Pre-trial detention requested Man (30) dies in Dietikon ZH - police arrest four suspects

A man was fatally injured in a violent altercation in an apartment in Dietikon on Sunday night (30.03.2025), Zurich cantonal police have reported. Four people have since been arrested.

At around 1 a.m., the Zurich Protection & Rescue Operations Center received a report that an injured, lifeless person had been found in an apartment in Dietikon, according to a statement from the cantonal police.

An emergency doctor who was immediately called out was only able to determine that the 44-year-old had died, whereupon the police were called. Investigations at the scene revealed that the Swiss man "most likely died violently".

A 30-year-old Swiss man suspected of the crime was arrested at the scene the same day, while a 20-year-old man from Sri Lanka was arrested a few days later by the Zurich cantonal police. Two further suspects were arrested on Friday, according to the Zurich cantonal police.

The two suspects are a 27-year-old Swiss national and a 34-year-old Tunisian. A total of four arrests were made in connection with the altercation.

The Public Prosecutor's Office I for Serious Violent Crime has applied to the compulsory measures court for pre-trial detention for the two men arrested last Friday.

The two men previously arrested have since been remanded in custody by the compulsory measures court.

The course of events and the motive for the crime are still the subject of ongoing investigations. The presumption of innocence applies to all suspects until the final conclusion of the proceedings.