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Swiss attorney general opens terrorism investigation into attack on 2 women in Lugano department store | |
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A stabbing attack which injured two women inside a department store in the Swiss city of Lugano on Tuesday afternoon is being investigated as a suspected terrorist act. One woman has been arrested. | |
The attack occurred around 2pm local time, when a 28-year-old Swiss woman, who lives in the area, grabbed the first victim by the neck with her bare hands before turning on a second woman and slashing her with a knife, police said. | The attack occurred around 2pm local time, when a 28-year-old Swiss woman, who lives in the area, grabbed the first victim by the neck with her bare hands before turning on a second woman and slashing her with a knife, police said. |
According to local reports, the attacker seized a bread knife from a store display as her weapon. | |
The suspect was apprehended by other people inside the store before being arrested. | The suspect was apprehended by other people inside the store before being arrested. |
Police said that one of the victims sustained serious, but not life-threatening, injuries in the attack, while the second sustained minor injuries. | Police said that one of the victims sustained serious, but not life-threatening, injuries in the attack, while the second sustained minor injuries. |
The office of the Swiss attorney general later said it had opened an investigation into the incident as "a suspected terrorist-motivated attack". | |
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