Family of hostage-taker from Yverdon VD files charges
Published: Sunday, Feb 18th 2024, 20:30
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The death of the asylum seeker who held 13 people captive on a train near Yverdon VD on February 8 is considered an "injustice" by his family. They have therefore filed a complaint with the Vaud public prosecutor's office.
This was reported on Sunday evening by RTS television in French-speaking Switzerland. The information was confirmed in the early evening by the Attorney General of the Canton of Vaud, Eric Kaltenrieder, to the Keystone-SDA news agency. The family had filed a criminal complaint on February 15 and thus acquired the status of a private plaintiff in the proceedings. No further details can be provided at present.
On February 9, the 32-year-old asylum seeker took twelve passengers and the train driver hostage on a regional train in the canton of Vaud. The hostage-taking lasted over three and a half hours. The 32-year-old asylum seeker of Iranian nationality, who resisted a Taser shot, was finally shot by a police officer and died at the scene.
The brother of the hostage-taker, who was reached by telephone in Iran, explained on French-speaking Swiss television that the family did not support the act, but that the 32-year-old did not deserve to be killed.
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