32-year-old Iranian asylum seeker in Switzerland was shot dead in a police assault on Thursday evening after taking 14 people hostage. In a video filmed by a passenger, the hostage-taker explained in a disjointed manner that he did not want to stay in Switzerland to leave for England.
There is no evidence to support "a terrorist act" after the spectacular hostage-taking on a train Thursday evening in Switzerland by an Iranian national, police said on Friday. In Switzerland, hostage- taking is rare. The last ones to hit the headlines had villainous motivations.