Police intervention ended after four hours the hostage-taking by a 32-year-old Iranian man who was holding 15 train passengers hostage between Bolzano and Yverdon-le-Bain, Switzerland.

Police say the 32-year-old, who was wielding an axe and a knife, was shot dead by police.

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“The hostages have all been released unharmed,” police in the canton of Vauxhall said in a statement on Friday.

“The man holding hostages was fatally wounded during the operation,” the statement added.

The 32-year-old Iranian man had reportedly filed an asylum application in Switzerland.

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Hostage situations are rare in Switzerland, but have happened in the past in banks and businesses. In January 2022, employees of a watchmaker were taken hostage and forced to open a safe containing precious metals.