Schaffhausen: Police launch manhunt after chainsaw attacker injures five in Swiss town

A man armed with a chainsaw injures five people, one of them seriously, in a small Swiss town.

Police warned the suspect, Franz Wrousis, 51, was “aggressive and psychologically unstable” but said this was not a terrorist attack.

“This was first and foremost a crime against this insurance agency,” police official Ravi Landolt said.

Police said one CSS employee was seriously injured in the attack on the ground floor of the insurer’s office, while another employee suffered minor injuries. Three other people also suffered minor injuries.

A rescue helicopter was brought in to help the victims.

Police cordoned off the area and ordered people to leave, local media reported, while witnesses saw bleeding victims being treated by rescue crews.

Swiss media reported Mr Wrousis, who has no fixed address and had been seen several times in woods near Schaffhausen, was a CSS client. Switzerland has a system that requires residents to have mandatory health insurance with private health insurers.

Source: Schaffhausen: Police launch manhunt after chainsaw attacker injures five in Swiss town – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)