Kerzers Bus Fire Kills Six as Prosecutor Cites Suspected Self-Immolation

Overview

• Authorities say witness accounts indicate a man sprayed himself with a flammable liquid and set the coach alight, and he appears to be among the dead.
• Police maintain there is no sign of a terrorist motive, describing the suspected author as a marginal and disturbed Swiss national while the motive remains unclear.
• The official toll stands at six dead and five injured, with patients hospitalized and at least one victim airlifted to Zurich, according to police.
• The fire broke out around 18:25 on Murtenstrasse in Kerzers on a CarPostal service between Düdingen and Kerzers; a hotline is open as forensic and witness work continues.
• The prosecutor said the family had reported the man missing hours earlier after he left a hospital in the canton of Bern, and police had been searching for him that afternoon.