Father Says 31-Year-Old Swiss Stabbing Suspect Needs Psychiatric Help, Not Terror Label
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Updated · New York Post · May 29
Father Says 31-Year-Old Swiss Stabbing Suspect Needs Psychiatric Help, Not Terror Label
2 articles · Updated · New York Post · May 29
Three men were wounded in Thursday’s rush-hour stabbing at a Swiss train station, and suspect Nesip Dedeler’s father said the 31-year-old was mentally ill rather than a terrorist.
Swiss authorities said Dedeler had been admitted to a psychiatric unit on Monday for incoherent comments, left the next day, and was judged Wednesday not to pose a danger — a decision security chief Mario Fehr called obviously wrong.
Dedeler was known to police since 2015 over violations tied to Switzerland’s Islamic State ban, with officials saying he had spread ISIS propaganda and had links to the now-closed An’Nur Mosque.
Police arrested him within 5 minutes of the attack; the victims, aged 28, 43 and 52, were hospitalized, with the oldest undergoing emergency surgery after a thigh wound.
A known extremist is declared safe by doctors. 24 hours later, he attacks. Was this a medical error or a security breakdown?
After a citizen commits a terror attack, should the state's response be justice at home or banishment via citizenship revocation?