Overview
- Flames erupted around 6:25pm local time on a PostBus in Kerzers, Fribourg, with the vehicle found fully engulfed when responders arrived.
- Fribourg prosecutors opened a criminal investigation, and federal police (Fedpol) are expected to assist the probe.
- Authorities report five injured, including three in serious condition, with several patients transported by ambulance and helicopter.
- Witnesses said a man doused himself in fuel and set himself on fire, a claim police say they have received but cannot confirm.
- Officials have not ruled on a possible terrorism motive, the scene remains sealed for forensic work with a witness hotline active, and President Guy Parmelin offered condolences.