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Swiss police have killed a 32-year-old Iranian asylum seeker armed with an axe and a knife who held 15 hostages on a train in western Switzerland.

Swiss police fatally shot a 32-year-old Iranian man on Thursday after he seized over a dozen hostages on a train, wielding an axe and a knife. No passengers were injured.

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A hostage situation took place in the west of Switzerland on Thursday night. A man armed with an axe and a knife was shot dead by police.

A hostage situation on a train in the west of Switzerland on Thursday night ended with the suspect killed in a police raid and the hostages safely freed, authorities said.

The man was shot dead by a police officer after allegedly rushing at him with the axe

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Swiss police said a 32-year-old Iranian asylum seeker armed with an axe and a knife held 15 hostages on a train between Baulmes and Yverdon-les-Bains for almost four hours, until police stormed the train and killed the man late on Thursday. "The hostages were all released unharmed," police in the Vaud canton said in a statement on Friday. "The hostage taker was fatally wounded during the intervention." Police did not provide any details regarding the perpetrator's possib...

Armed with an axe and a knife, a Swiss man held 15 people hostage for 4 hours