Four stabbed by knifeman shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ at Switzerland train station in front of terrified children

Four people were stabbed by a knifeman who shouted “Allahu Akbar” multiple times as he launched an attack in front of a group of school children at a Swiss train station on Thursday morning.

The armed attacker, described as a middle-aged man, stabbed four men across three locations at the Winterthur train station outside of Zurich, according to the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger.

Eyewitnesses said a group of school children had passed the knife-wielding man, as the teacher stepped in to protect the defenseless minors.

“He had a knife in his hand,” a witness told Blick. “Everyone was screaming and running away.”

The suspected attacker was detained by officers and rushed into the police station across from the station, the outlet reported.

Police have blocked off an area of 300 feet as they investigate the daylight attack.

This is a developing story