On August 13, 2016 a knifeman set fire to a train using an unknown flammable liquid and also stabbed passengers in north-eastern Switzerland, leaving seven people in the hospital with stab wounds and burns.

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Those injured include a child, a girl and a boy, both 17, two women aged 34 and 43, and a man aged 50.

Two people remain in critical condition.

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The assailant was identified as a 27 year old Swiss national of unknown origin.

He is currently fighting for his life in the hospital after he set himself on fire before being apprehended by Swiss police.

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