- Title: Concern mounting in Schaffhausen as suspect still at large
- Date: 25th July 2017
- Summary: SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF SCHAFFHAUSEN POLICEMEN AND POLICE CAR IN FRONT OF INSURANCE OFFICE WHERE ATTACK HAPPENED POLICEMEN POLICE LINE IN FRONT OF INSURANCE OFFICE'S ENTRANCE POLICE LINE WITH IN BACKGROUND SIGN READING "CSS", NAME OF INSURANCE COMPANY WHERE ATTACK HAPPENED ENTRANCE TO OFFICE VARIOUS OF SCHAFFHAUSEN RESIDENTS DIEGO AND CRISTINA FACCANI READING NEWSPAPERS AT BAKERY IN STREET WHERE ATTACK HAPPENED CRISTINA FACCANI READING NEWSPAPER DOUBLE NEWSPAPER PAGE ON SCHAFFHAUSEN ATTACK WITH PICTURES OF THE SUSPECT (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHAFFHAUSEN RESIDENT, DIEGO FACCANI, SAYING: "It is a weird feeling, the fact that we here in Schaffhausen also have these kind of attackers, it is stressful. It is a weird feeling, a bit linked to fear." SCHAFFHAUSEN RESIDENTS DIEGO AND CRISTINA FACCANI READING NEWSPAPERS (SOUNDBITE) (German) SCHAFFHAUSEN RESIDENT, DIEGO FACCANI, SAYING: "I hope they arrest him soon as it is a threat for other people, either here or in other cantons. He has to be found and arrested." SCHAFFHAUSEN INHABITANT DIEGO FACCANI READING NEWSPAPER (SOUNDBITE) (English) SCHAFFHAUSEN RESIDENT, CRISTINA FACCANI, SAYING: "I hope he is going to another country, or in another part of Switzerland, I hope he is not still here..." POLICE CAR IN FRONT OF INSURANCE OFFICE WHERE ATTACK HAPPENED FOREST NEAR UHWIESEN, SWITZERLAND (JULY 25, 2017) (REUTERS) FOREST WHERE SUSPECT'S CAR WAS FOUND AND TAKEN BY THE POLICE ON MONDAY VARIOUS OF FOREST PATH FROM WHERE SUSPECT'S CAR WAS REMOVED ON MONDAY, AND WHERE HE IS ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN LIVING FOR SOME TIME FOREST WHERE SUSPECT'S CAR WAS FOUND / RESIDENTIAL AREA HOUSES (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEIGHBOUR, SAMUEL, SAYING: "He didn't talk to anybody, we only thought 'well, that is a strange guy...' maybe who has some psychotic issues. He looked like a schizophrenic, but we didn't think that it would be that bad, we didn't see him as a threat, or anything, we didn't think that he was dangerous, but yeah, definitely he was a strange guy." VARIOUS OF HOUSES NEAR THE FOREST WHERE SUSPECT'S CAR WAS FOUND (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEIGHBOUR, SAMUEL, SAYING: "There is nobody around (no police) anymore, so I assume that they didn't find him here, in the forest, so they probably are looking for him somewhere else, so I feel pretty comfortable right now... I don't think that he is a threat for somebody else, he was just mad at this insurance company but I don't think he has a reason basically to attack anybody else, unless you threaten him. I would not let my kids play outside, but me, personally, I am not afraid of him." FOREST WHERE SUSPECT'S CAR WAS FOUND
- Embargoed: 8th August 2017 09:18
- Keywords: attack Switzerland rampage chainsaw
- Location: SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND
- City: SCHAFFHAUSEN, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
- Reuters ID: LVA0016R7SKZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Concern was mounting in Schaffhausen on Tuesday (July 25) as the main suspect in a chainsaw attack on Monday which left 5 injured was still at large.
Diego and Cristina Faccani, who were having breakfast close to where the attack happened, said they were a bit worried knowing the suspect was still on the run, with police unable to get hold of him.
The suspect's car was found and removed by the police from a forest path around 5 kilometres away from the city centre, near Uhwiesen, and a few meters away from a residential area. The suspect is believed to have been living there, probably in his car, for the past week.
Living in the area, but declining to give his full identity for safety concerns, Samuel said he used to see him walk up and down twice a day carrying his belongings with him in a little trolley. He said he looked like a tramp, with probably some psychotic issues, but didn't seem threatening.
Swiss police are expected to release further information during the day. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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