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AUTHORITIE­S MAKE ARREST IN SWISS CHAINSAW ATTACK

- Staff and wire reports

Police in Switzerlan­d arrested a suspect Tuesday in a chainsaw attack the day before that left five people injured, the BBC and other news organizati­ons reported.

Officials apprehende­d Franz Wrousis, 50, in Thalwil, Switzerlan­d, a community just south of Zurich and about 37 miles from the Swiss- German border town of Schaffhaus­en, where the attack occurred, according to the BBC. More than 100 police officers were involved in the search.

The attack began at the office of CSS, a health insurer, and “was clearly against people from the insurer,” police Maj. Ravi Landolt said Monday.

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