The suspect for wounding three people near the Islamic center in Zurich is a 24-year-old Swiss man of Ghanaian origin, who has no apparent ties to Islamic radicals, the police announced today.
As Reuters reports, police have not named the suspect, but believe he killed another man in Zurich a day earlier, on Sunday.
The police also assume that he committed suicide after yesterday's attack.
"He is Swiss, but we don't know anything about his motives," Zurich police chief of criminal investigation Christian Lentjes Meili told a news conference.
He added that it was not clear whether the suspect was mentally ill, and that there were indications that he was interested in the occult sciences.
Reuters also states that the condition of the injured persons is improving, two of whom were seriously injured.
According to Saad Suban, representative of the Zurich-based Islamic Community Foundation, it is not yet clear who was the target of the attack.
The cantonal police also state that there is no indication that there is a connection between the attack in Zurich and the attack in Berlin.
An attacker broke into an Islamic center yesterday and opened fire on worshippers.
The Swiss police suspended the search after the body was discovered.
"A person who was found near the scene of the crime could be connected to the crime," the cantonal police said, stating that the search had been suspended.
The incident took place in a prayer house near the train station in the center of Zurich.
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