LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – The 25-year-old man who has been on the run from Orbe since he escaped police after seriously injuring two of them with hot oil has been arrested in France, near Lons-le-Saunier. He threw boiling oil on the officers as they surrounded his apartment, where he briefly held his wife hostage and threatened to kill the police who initially came to answer the domestic violence call.
French national gendarmerie officers arrested him at 12:50 Wednesday after working with Swiss police to identify areas he would be likely to head for. He broke into a home belonging to family members near Picarreau in the French département of Jura. He fled the house on a bike but was stopped by police in Crançot, on the national highway heading in the direction of Lons-le-Saunier.
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Police in Geneva say they have arrested a 29-year-old Swiss man for murder, after working closely with Vaud police to find the suspect. The man was questioned Wednesday 16 March and then taken to prison where he is being detained as a suspect in the killing of a 26-year-old Serb.
The man died 2 March in front of 4, rue Tronchin, despite emergency medical treatment, after being hit with a blunt instrument.
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The man suspected of aiding terrorism who was arrested by French police 8 October was charged in Paris Monday 12 October and it appears likely he will remain in detention. Internet surveillance of terrorist groups led investigators to e-mail exchanges the 32-year-old man had with terrorist groups. Swiss television TSR quotes a source close to the man’s file who says that he had not moved to the stage of being involved in planning attacks but that he had shown his interest and desire to do so.
