A 61-year-old Swiss man was arrested in Geneva on Wednesday morning in connection with the parcel bomb incidents.
The arrest was part of a major police operation led by the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) and the cantonal police, according to a press release from the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). “The man is strongly suspected of being involved in setting off the improvised explosive devices” that injured two people in residential buildings in Geneva in 2024. A man was injured by an explosion outside his door in the Saint-Jean district in August, while a 12-year-old girl was seriously hurt when a letterbox exploded in Grange-Canal in November.
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Source: Swissinfo News
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