Journalists uncovered first incel attack in Switzerland

Investigations by Swiss Broadcasting Corporation journalists has uncovered details of what could be the first ‘incel’ attack in Switzerland.

Incels are described as radicalized young men who are unable to form a romantic relationship. 

Two teenage girls in canton Thurgau were hit by a car and seriously injured driven by a 27-year-old man in September 2020. 

Journalists uncovered the Federal Police Office classed the attack as a case of incel extremism. It was the first time they had investigated the ‘involuntary celibate’ movement.

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