A man who carried out a stabbing and arson attack on a Swiss train, killing one and injuring five others, has died in hospital, according to police.
"The accused 27-year-old Swiss man has died of his injuries," police from Switzerland's eastern Saint Gallen region said in a statement.
This morning, a 34-year-old woman who had been in a critical condition since the attack also died from her injuries.
Five other people were also injured in the incident.
It was at around 2.20pm local time when the man used flammable liquid to start a fire on a moving train in eastern Switzerland before stabbing passengers.
The attack took place near Salez station on a train running between Buchs and Sennwald near Switzerland's eastern border with Liechtenstein and Austria.
The victims, who in addition to the 34-year-old woman included two men aged 17 and 50, two women aged 17 and 43 and a six-year-old girl, suffered burns and stab wounds.
Dozens of people were on the train at the time of the attack, police said. They also said that one of the women and the child were in a serious condition.
Police said that it remained unclear if the attacker knew any of the victims.
