Swiss chainsaw attacker arrested after international manhunt

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Swiss police on Tuesday arrested a 50-year-old man a day after he stormed into an insurance office wielding a chainsaw. The attacker wounded two staff members in the incident. The arrest by police brings to an end a two-day manhunt that had also involved German police.

A handout picture released from the Schaffhausen Police shows the man believed to be the chainsaw-wielding attacker in the Swiss town of Schaffhausen, Switzerland on July 24, 2017. /Reuters Photo

Police said in a statement that they had arrested the suspect in Thalwil, a town about 60 kilometers from Schaffhausen where the incident took place.

Police have identified the suspect as Franz Wrousis, a drifter with a criminal record who mostly lived in the woods.

An undated handout picture released by the Schaffhausen Police on July 25, 2017 shows the man believed to be the chainsaw-wielding attacker in the town of Schaffhausen, Switzerland. /Reuters Photo‍

It was not clear what may have prompted the man to assault the two office workers, one of whom was badly hurt. The company CSS, whose office Wrousis stormed, said he was a client.

Two other customers in the office were provided with care following the traumatic incident, while a fifth person was hurt during the police response.

(Source: Reuters)

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