A 19-year-old man, who ran naked while screaming, confessed to having killed a jogger in a park on the edge of a lake in Switzerland, the police announced Thursday May 23, 2024.
The attack occurred Tuesday evening in Mannedorf, a quiet village located about 20 km southeast of Zurich, recalls theAFP.
Zurich cantonal police said Thursday that the victim, whose name they did not give, was a 35-year-old Swiss woman. A 50-year-old Swiss man was also slightly injured during the attack, she said.
“Strong suspicion of intentional homicide”
The cantonal public prosecutor requested the provisional detention of this 19-year-old Swiss citizen whose name has not been revealed.
“There are strong suspicions of intentional homicide against the suspect who confessed to this crime during his interrogation by the public prosecutor” police said. According to the same Source, “no violent crime in the canton of Zurich was recorded in his criminal record”.
“At this stage of our knowledge, the alleged perpetrator did not know either the deceased woman or the slightly injured man” And “the context, possible motives and exact course of events” are subject to further investigation, police said.
The attack in a popular park
The attack happened in Alma Park, a popular picnic spot on Lake Zurich. The suspect “ran naked, screamed and physically attacked other people”police said in a statement Wednesday.
Mannedorf, which has a population of 12,000, is an upscale village with lakeside villas. Its mayor, Wolfgang Annighofer, declared to theAFP that security would be increased around the park, which has reopened to the public.
Next to a port, the park surrounds Villa Alma, a neo-Gothic residence built for industrialist Emil Staub, who transformed the family business into Switzerland’s largest leather production factory.
