Swiss police say a man has attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich. A suspect was arrested.

Local residents reported seeing terrified parents running to the day centre to find their children after news of the attack broke.

The attack happened around midday on Berninastrasse, a largely residential street in the Oerlikon district in the north of Switzerland’s biggest city

Three children have been injured - one of them seriously - in a knife attack at a daycare centre in the Swiss city of Zurich. A spokesperson for the city's police force said a 23-year-old Chinese man attacked a group of children who were being led to the centre by a staff member.

Three five-year-old boys wounded in a stabbing attack on a group of children in Zurich are no longer in mortal danger, prosecutors said Wednesday.

The attack occurred in Zurich, Switzerland. According to media reports, three children were injured, including one who sustained serious injuries. Following this dramatic incident, the assailant was quickly subdued.

A stabbing attack on children heading to a Zurich daycare centre on Tuesday left one boy seriously wounded and two others injured, said police who detained a Chinese national. The three children hurt in the attack were treated by paramedics and taken to hospital.

A stabbing attack on children heading to a Zurich daycare centre on Tuesday left one boy seriously wounded and two others injured, said police who detained a Chinese national. "According to initial findings,