Boys out of critical condition after Zurich stabbings

Zurich: 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 Wednes...

Zurich: 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 Tuesday on a mostly residential street in the Oerlikon district in the north of Switzerland's biggest city.

A 23-year-old Chinese man arrested at the scene confessed under questioning, Zurich prosecutors said Wednesday.

It said the man had been in Switzerland for study purposes since the middle of last year, without providing further details.

"The presumption of innocence applies" until all legal proceedings have been concluded, it said.