https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The son of a woman stabbed to death on Sunday in her home in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in the canton of Neuchâtel, has been arrested, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171017/neuchatel-woman-stabbed-to-death-son-arrested Tue, 17 Oct 2017 10:36:20 +0200 neuchatel-woman-stabbed-to-death-son-arrested The man who was stabbed in a restaurant garden in St Gallen last Friday has died from his injuries, police have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170809/man-stabbed-in-st-gallen-dies-in-hospital Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:50:40 +0200 man-stabbed-in-st-gallen-dies-in-hospital A 22-year-old man was fighting for his life in hospital after being stabbed in the garden of a restaurant in St Gallen at around 6pm on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170807/man-stabbed-at-st-gallen-restaurant Mon, 07 Aug 2017 10:42:41 +0200 man-stabbed-at-st-gallen-restaurant A man who killed the director of a children’s home and his partner in 2013 has been given a life sentence by a Swiss court. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161214/swiss-childrens-home-killer-gets-life Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:12:45 +0100 swiss-childrens-home-killer-gets-life Two men will stand trial next week over the killing of a couple at a children’s home in the canton of Bern in 2013. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161201/spiez-double-murder-accused-to-appear-in-court Thu, 01 Dec 2016 14:31:54 +0100 spiez-double-murder-accused-to-appear-in-court One man died and another was left seriously injured after they were stabbed at a home for asylum seekers in the canton of Aargau on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160822/refugee-killed-in-stabbing-at-asylum-centre Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:53:47 +0200 refugee-killed-in-stabbing-at-asylum-centre The 100,000 francs reward offered for information leading to the apprehension of the Rupperswil quadruple murderer will now go to the investigators who solved the case. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160519/reward-money-for-swiss-murders-goes-to-investigators Thu, 19 May 2016 11:12:20 +0200 reward-money-for-swiss-murders-goes-to-investigators A man arrested for murdering four people in December and sexually abusing his youngest victim was caught before he could commit any further crimes, police in the canton of Aargau have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160517/beast-of-rupperswil-was-local-football-coach Tue, 17 May 2016 14:30:12 +0200 beast-of-rupperswil-was-local-football-coach Police have arrested a 33-year-old man over the brutal murder of four people that shocked the community of Rupperswil last December. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160513/man-arrested-over-aargau-quadruple-murder Fri, 13 May 2016 17:30:46 +0200 man-arrested-over-aargau-quadruple-murder Police have arrested four Swiss men for the attempted murder of a bouncer at an Austrian nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160308/swiss-men-stab-bouncer-at-austrian-nightclub Tue, 08 Mar 2016 11:27:10 +0100 swiss-men-stab-bouncer-at-austrian-nightclub A district court on Tuesday sentenced a 46-year-old Spaniard to 20 years in prison for savagely stabbing his girlfriend to death at a bus stop in the city of Bern in the summer of 2013. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151110/man-jailed-for-20-years-for-bern-bus-stop-murder Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:50:36 +0100 man-jailed-for-20-years-for-bern-bus-stop-murder A 26-year-old woman died after being stabbed during an argument with a man in the streets of Fislisbach near Baden in the canton of Aargau, police reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140926/woman-stabbed-to-death-in-aargau-village-drama Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:00:00 +0200 woman-stabbed-to-death-in-aargau-village-drama A man who claimed to have been attacked and stabbed by muggers in Balsthal, in the canton of Solothurn, has confessed to police that he made the incident up and actually stabbed himself. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140822/mugged-youth-admits-he-stabbed-himself Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:25:00 +0200 mugged-youth-admits-he-stabbed-himself The owner of a small Geneva restaurant is fighting for his life after being stabbed by an Anglophone who was caught by surprise breaking into his car, an online news report said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131112/anglophone-robber-suspected-in-geneva-knife-attack Tue, 12 Nov 2013 01:35:00 +0100 anglophone-robber-suspected-in-geneva-knife-attack A 23-year-old British expat man who stabbed an orthodox Jew in front of the victim’s wife and five children in Geneva escaped a prison sentence after being convicted this week of attempted murder. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130905/british-expat-escapes-jail-for-stabbing-jew Thu, 05 Sep 2013 20:45:00 +0200 british-expat-escapes-jail-for-stabbing-jew A 40-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison, 15 years after he killed a 50-year-old gay taxi driver in his Geneva apartment by stabbing him 47 times with a knife . https://www.thelocal.ch/20130619/murderer-jailed-for-life-15-years-after-crime Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:52:00 +0200 murderer-jailed-for-life-15-years-after-crime Police on Monday identified the manager of an orphanage in the Bernese Oberland as one of the victims of a double stabbing murder at a Spiez children's home over the weekend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130513/orphanage-director-one-of-double-murder-victims Mon, 13 May 2013 23:52:00 +0200 orphanage-director-one-of-double-murder-victims The prosecution is seeking life imprisonment for 52-year-old Hans Peter Meier, a German accused of stabbing to death his Swiss boyfriend in Ticino in a bid to get money. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121214/life-in-jail-sought-for-gay-lover-killer Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:03:00 +0100 life-in-jail-sought-for-gay-lover-killer A 44-year-old man is facing charges of attempted murder following a bizarre stabbing attack near Fribourg’s train station earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120824/napoleon-admits-to-fribourg-bayonet-stabbing Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:02:00 +0200 napoleon-admits-to-fribourg-bayonet-stabbing A 50-year-old man is standing trial for having fatally stabbed his girlfriend – her corpse was found days later by her children. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120809/jealous-boyfriends-murder-trial-starts-soon Thu, 09 Aug 2012 12:13:00 +0200 jealous-boyfriends-murder-trial-starts-soon