Swiss train attacker dies of his wounds

A 34-year-old woman and the 27-year-old suspect in an attack on a Swiss train on Saturday died from their injuries, Swiss authorities said. The six-year-old and 17-year-old remain in serious condition; the other victims have been treated and released from area hospitals. Four people were injured.

The attack occurred at 2:20 p.m. (08:20 a.m. EDT) as the train neared the Salez station on a trip between Buchs and Sennwald in St. Gallen, a canton in the northeast of the Alpine republic, the police statement said.

Earlier on Saturday, a police spokesman told Reuters that the Swiss train attack was likely a crime of passion.

Swiss police say they believe the attack was not terror-related.

The 34-year-old woman died from her injuries on Sunday morning, police said.

According to the Swiss law enforcement, the Swiss national acted alone and there was no indication of him having links to terrorist groups.

The Swiss police is taking the attack seriously.

He said it was unclear if the attacker, who did not have a criminal record, knew any of the victims.

One of the women had been doused with a large amount of the flammable liquid, leading to speculation she might have been the target.

Similarly, in May, a 27-year-old German man stabbed commuters at a train station, killing one person and injuring three others, before be taken in by the police. In the same report, police spokesperson Hanspeter Krüsi said that no motive for the attack had been established. The attacker lives in a canton neighbouring Saint Gallen in Switzerland.

Last year, a man carried out an attack on a high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris with guns and knives but was subdued by two American men. Service was shut down on that rail line, and buses were brought in for passengers, police said.