Armed with an ax and knife: perpetrator (32) shot after taking hostages in Zug, Switzerland. After four hours, the police end the hostage-taking thanks to a diversionary tactic.
The 15 hostages, however, remained uninjured and were able to leave the train at 10:39 p.m. The suspected perpetrator is said to be an Iranian asylum seeker, police spokesman Jean-Christophe Sauterel announced. Nothing was initially known about the man's motive. It was only in January that a hostage situation left Baden-Württemberg in suspense.