Murder clouds skies over Zurich airport
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The Swiss air traffic control agency, Skyguide, has scaled back flights over the Zurich area by 40 per cent after one of its controllers was stabbed to death on Tuesday.
Skyguide says the controller was on duty during the fatal collision of two planes in Swiss airspace in July 2002; a possible link between the two incidents is being investigated.
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Police investigation
According to the police, the 36-year-old air traffic controller was stabbed after an exchange of words with an unidentified man speaking in broken German.
\"We are looking for a man aged around 55... all we know is that he couldn't speak German well and had an accent,\" public prosecutor Pascal Gossner told swissinfo.
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The victim, who has not been named, died at the scene after his attacker escaped on foot.
The authorities say they are investigating a possible link between the 2002 crash – in which 71 people, mainly Russian, died - and the stabbing.
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Skyguide says the controller was on duty during the fatal collision of two planes in Swiss airspace in July 2002; a possible link between the two incidents is being investigated.
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Police investigation
According to the police, the 36-year-old air traffic controller was stabbed after an exchange of words with an unidentified man speaking in broken German.
\"We are looking for a man aged around 55... all we know is that he couldn't speak German well and had an accent,\" public prosecutor Pascal Gossner told swissinfo.
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The victim, who has not been named, died at the scene after his attacker escaped on foot.
The authorities say they are investigating a possible link between the 2002 crash – in which 71 people, mainly Russian, died - and the stabbing.
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