Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium

Man arrested after three injured in stabbing at Swiss train station

Just nowVicky WongEPAPolice cordoned off parts of the Winterthur train station, northwest of Zurich, where the attack took place.A man has been arrested after three people were injured in a stabbing attack at a train station in Switzerland.Police said the three victims - Swiss nationals aged 28, 43 and 52 - were hospitalised after the attack at Winterthur train station.The suspect, a 31-year-old Swiss man, used a bladed weapon, they said, adding that the motive was under investigation.Switzerland's President Guy Parmelin said on social media he was "shocked by the terrorist attack this morning in Winterthur". "This deeply affects me," he added. Mario Fehr, Canton Zurich's security director, said it was "clear from the scene that the motive for this act must be sought in the realm of radicalisation and extremism".Marius Weyermann, commander of the Zurich cantonal police, said at a news conference with Fehr that the suspect lived in the area and had come to authorities' attention in 2015 for distributing Islamic State (IS) group propaganda.He said that on Monday, the suspect was sent to a psychiatric hospital after he had presented himself at a police station, where he made "incoherent statements".

Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police say

Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police sayJust nowAkisa Wandera,BBC Africa, NairobiandBasillioh Rukanga,NairobiRobert MainaWorried parents gathered outside the school in GilgilSixteen students have been killed in a fire at a boarding school in Gilgil, about 120km (77 miles) west of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, a policeman told journalists at the scene.Seventy-four other students are being treated in hospital after being injured, he added.The fire at the Utumishi Girls school started in the early hours of Thursday morning when the students were asleep, according to the Kenya Red Cross and police.Police said search-and-rescue operations were under way with authorities yet to establish the cause of the fire. The Kenya Red Cross said emergency responders were on ground to offer support."It is a sad and saddening situation," police commander Masoud Mwinyi said, speaking to parents and crowds outside the school. Fires are not uncommon in Kenyan boarding schools, with several deadly incidents reported in recent years. Overcrowding un dormitories and the failure to follow safety guidelines have frequently been blamed for the high number of casualties.According to the police, the fire broke out around 01:00 local time (22:00 GMT Wednesday) and engulfed a dormitory block housing about 220 students.Mwinyi said investigations were ongoing. The school has been cordoned off, with only parents being allowed inside the compound.Wambui Nderitu, whose niece is a student at the school, said family members coming to the scene were met with confusion and fear."When we arrived at the school we were told to queue. Most of us were so worried because we had heard some students had died and others were injured and in hospital."She said some students were injured after jumping from the upper floor of the dormitory while trying to escape."Some of those at the top floor had to jump out, that's why they are injured."Nderitu said her niece survived the fire but suffered a broken leg.

"I found my niece… she is fine… but she has a broken leg," she said.Getty Images/BBCBBC Africa podcasts

Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium

Man arrested after three injured in stabbing at Swiss train station

Man arrested after three injured in stabbing at Swiss train station

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Sixteen pupils killed in Kenya school fire, local police say