A knife attack by a man reportedly shouting "Allahu akbar" that wounded three people at a Swiss train station on Thursday was a "terrorist act", a regional security official said.
"I am exceptionally calling this a terrorist attack," Mario Fehr, in charge of security in the Swiss canton of Zurich, told reporters, adding that it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism."
Three people were injured in the incident which happened at a train station in Winterthur on Thursday morning, Swiss police said.
Witnesses described scenes of panic and confusion when the man, who police said was a 31-year-old Swiss national, suddenly began stabbing people at the station during the morning rush hour.
"Shortly after 8:30 am, a man injured three people with a bladed weapon" at the station, police for Zurich canton said in a statement.
