Crime
The story of the stabbing at Zurich's Transa outdoor store was always puzzling. Now, more than a year after the attack, the Bezirksgericht Zürich has delivered its verdict, and the motive turns out to be as tragic as it is bizarre. The attack On a Saturday afternoon in
Kreis 1
A chance encounter in Zürich's Niederdorf has exposed an unlicensed brothel, drug dealing, and illegal medication sales, all traced back to a single unsolicited offer made to a plainclothes police officer. On a day last June, a 40-year-old woman approached an undercover cop on the street and offered
Kreis 4
A bar dispute in one of Zürich's busiest nightlife districts turned violent in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving a 27-year-old man fighting for his life. Shortly after 1:30 a.m., a Stadtpolizei Zürich patrol was alerted to a person at a bar in Kreis 4
Crime
The Zurich Cantonal Court has sentenced a 55-year-old Swiss man to 11 years in prison for attempted incitement to murder, after he tried to hire a darknet killer to murder his ex-wife. The court largely confirmed the lower court's verdict from Bezirksgericht Affoltern but raised the sentence significantly,
Politics
Every year on May 1st, Zürich's Labour Day march kicks off from Helvetiaplatz in Kreis 4 — and this Friday is no different. If you live in the area or plan to be nearby, here's what you need to know. The official march begins at 10am, with
Transport
The driver of a Flixbus involved in a fatal crash on Zürich's Sihlhochstrasse in December 2018 has been definitively convicted. The Obergericht sentenced him to a 20-month suspended sentence for multiple counts of negligent homicide — slightly less than the 24 months handed down by the Bezirksgericht Zürich in
Crime
A 34-year-old Swiss man appeared before a Zürich court on Thursday, charged with attempting to set fire to the Agudas Achim synagogue in August 2024. According to the indictment, the accused soaked advertising leaflets in petrol and placed them against the synagogue's entrance, then tried to ignite them
Crime
Plain-clothes narcotics officers from the Stadtpolizei Zürich arrested a suspected drug dealer on Birmensdorferstrasse on the evening of 13 April after observing what appeared to be a handover. Both men were stopped shortly after going their separate ways — one was found carrying multiple pre-packaged portions of cocaine and was taken
Transport
How a 60-metre stretch of Langstrasse became Zürich's most lucrative speed trap In September 2023, the City of Zürich quietly introduced a daytime traffic ban on a 60-metre section of Langstrasse between Brauer- and Dienerstrasse, as part of its "car-reduced Langstrasse" initiative. What followed was one
Crime
Zürich City Police have apprehended an 18-year-old man in connection with an armed robbery at a hotel near the zoo district last week. Zürich City Police have arrested a suspect in connection with last week's armed robbery at the Sorell Hotel Zürichberg. According to a statement released by
Crime
Several hundred people gathered without permission in the early hours of Saturday morning, with officers responding to reports of assaults facing a hostile crowd. Zürich city police were called to the Nordstrasse/Rosengartenstrasse junction in Kreis 10 just before midnight on Friday 18 April, after reports of an illegal party