A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested. (Representational)
Zurich:
A girl jogger was killed by a unadorned man who was screaming and attacking folks in a lakeside park in Switzerland, police stated Wednesday.
The assault occurred on Tuesday night in Mannedorf on Lake Zurich, round 20 kilometres southeast of Switzerland’s largest metropolis, the Zurich cantonal police stated.
A 19-year-old suspect has been arrested.
“On Tuesday night a lady was attacked and fatally injured by a person in Mannedorf,” police stated, including that the girl had been out jogging.
“Shortly earlier than 8:00 pm (1800 GMT), passers-by reported a person in Alma Park who was operating round bare, screaming and bodily attacking different folks.
“The emergency providers who rapidly arrived on web site discovered a severely injured lady mendacity on the bottom.
“Regardless of fast resuscitation, the girl died from her severe accidents.
“The suspected perpetrator, a 19-year-old Swiss, who was additionally discovered on web site, was arrested by the police.”
The sufferer’s id is topic to an ongoing investigation, the police stated.
Police stated they had been additionally investigating the background to the assault and whether or not the perpetrator and the sufferer knew one another.
After police questioning, the arrested suspect will likely be referred to the general public prosecutor for severe violent crime, the police stated.
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