(SeaPRwire) –   Zurich Cantonal Police have reported the arrest of a man suspected of attacking three individuals at a train station in Switzerland on Thursday morning.

One witness reportedly told the outlet Blick, “About 30 meters away, I heard a man behind me shout ‘Allahu akbar’ five or six times, very emotionally and agitatedly.”

According to Zurich Cantonal Police, “Shortly after 8:30 a.m., a man injured three people with a bladed weapon at Winterthur train station. The suspected perpetrator was arrested by police. He is a 31-year-old Swiss national.” The release stated that the three wounded Swiss nationals, aged 28, 43, and 52, were taken to the hospital.

The Associated Press reported that the incident occurred just before 8:30 a.m. Regional police chief Marius Weyermann stated that the suspect, who was apprehended five minutes after emergency services were alerted, is a 31-year-old Swiss-Turkish dual national residing in Winterthur.

Weyermann also noted, as reported by the AP, that the man had previously come to the attention of authorities in 2015 for distributing Islamic State propaganda. More recently, he was sent to a psychiatric facility after making “confused comments” when calling the police emergency number, but he was released on Wednesday after a doctor determined he was not dangerous.

Wyermann indicated, according to the AP, that two of the victims had been discharged or were about to be released from hospitals by mid-afternoon, while the 52-year-old remained hospitalized for surgery on a thigh injury.

Zurich region’s top security official, Mario Fehr, described the event as “an evil act of terror,” the AP reported. The official also mentioned that the suspect was born in Switzerland, became a citizen in 2009, and had apparently spent a significant portion of the last two years in Turkey.

The Associated Press contributed to this report