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All Victims Of Swiss Bus Fire Identified


(MENAFN- Swissinfo) All of the victims of a fire on a Swiss PostBus have been identified including the six people who died and the five injured. This was announced by the Fribourg cantonal police on Wednesday. The suspected perpetrator is also among the dead. Select your language
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According to the Attorney General, he was a socially isolated and mentally unstable man aged 65, a Swiss national and resident of canton of Bern, who – according to the state of the investigation – deliberately set himself on fire.

The bus driver also died in the fire, as the Fribourg cantonal police announced on Wednesday evening. He was a 63-year-old man of Portuguese origin. The other fatalities were two women aged 25 and 39 and two men aged 16 and 29, all Swiss nationals and residents of the region.

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This content was published on Mar 11, 2026 The suspect is believed to be a Swiss national who was“isolated and psychologically unstable”, authorities said at a press conference in Kerzers.

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