2020 Morges stabbing attack
| 2020 Morges stabbing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Morges, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Date | 12 September 2020 |
Attack type | Stabbing |
| Weapons | Knife |
| Deaths | 1 |
| Injured | 0 |
The 2020 Morges stabbing attack was a terrorist attack on the evening of 12 September 2020 where a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in Morges, Vaud canton, Switzerland.[1] The accused, a Turkish-Swiss dual national, was known to the Swiss intelligence service as an Islamist and under surveillance for possible links to terrorism.[2][3] The victim was a 29-year-old Portuguese man.[4] While in custody of the Swiss police, the accused is alleged to have confessed that he acted in the name of jihadism.[1] The Office of the Attorney General accused the defendant in the Morges attack of having planned and carried out a jihadist-motivated attack with the aim of avenging the victims of the war waged by coalition states against the so-called Islamic State.[5] The attacker was sentenced to 20 years in prison.[6]
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[edit]- 1 2 "Terror threat remains high in Switzerland, warns Federal Intelligence Service". Swissinfo. SRG SSR. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "Murder suspect acted 'out of vengeance against the Swiss state'". Swissinfo. SRG SSR. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ "Le tueur de Morges était sous l'influence de l'"émir" condamné à 15 ans de prison". rts.ch (in French). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ↑ Häsler Sansano, Georg (17 September 2020). "Ist die Messerattacke von Morges ein Terroranschlag oder die Tat eines Verwirrten?" [Is the knife attack in Morges a terror attack or the act of a confused person?]. NZZ. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ↑ "VTG News Release 89293". Swiss Armed Forces (VTG) (in German). Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS). Retrieved 3 June 2026.
- ↑ "20 Years in Prison for IS Sympathiser: Perpetrator of Morges Sentenced". SRF (in German). Swiss Radio and Television (SRF). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2026.