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Protests after five women brutally attacked in Geneva

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:57:07 +0200

People took to the streets in four Swiss cities over the weekend after a recent vicious attack in Geneva saw two women seriously injured.

Swiss government proposes new measures against domestic violence

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:10:50 +0200

Victims of domestic violence and harassment in Switzerland should be better protected, said the Swiss government on Wednesday as it submitted a suite of new measures to parliament for consideration.

Second murder-suicide hits Vaud in week

Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:50:26 +0100

In the second incident of its type in the canton of Vaud in less than a week, a 40-year-old man at the weekend is believed to have stabbed his female partner to death with a kitchen knife before killing himself with the same weapon, police said on Sunday.

Man held for lobbing hand grenade at wife

Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:09:00 +0200

A 55-year-old Bosnian man has been detained for throwing a hand grenade at his wife on a street in the town of Buchs in the canton of Aargau, cantonal police said on Tuesday.

Woman found stabbed to death in domestic feud

Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:57:00 +0200

A domestic dispute turned bloody in Gland, a community in the canton of Vaud, after a 32-year-old woman was found stabbed to death allegedly by her 47-year-old husband, police said on Monday.

Son sentenced to jail for punching his mother

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:44:00 +0200

A 19-year-old man who punched his mother several times in the face received a 16-month prison term from a Zurich district court on Monday.

Woman murdered as police listened on phone

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:55:00 +0100

The trial has begun in Lausanne of a man who stabbed his wife 35 times and slit her throat, just moments after she had called the police to report a suspected case of domestic violence next door.

Swiss banker 'kills wife and buries her in garden'

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:50:00 +0100

A 49-year-old Swiss banker has been arrested for allegedly murdering his wife and burying her corpse in the garden, days after he reported her missing.

Immigrant women 'need protection'

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:03:00 +0200

A new report says Switzerland is not doing enough to protect immigrant women from domestic violence.