ZURICH (Reuters) – The head of Switzerland’s vaccination advisory fee has recognized himself because the victim of a short kidnapping final month that led to a deadly shootout with police.
Several Swiss media revealed an announcement from Christoph Berger, saying a kidnapper he didn’t know had taken him captive for round an hour on March 31 and demanded a big sum of cash below menace of violence earlier than releasing him.
Berger, a physician, has made frequent appearances within the media in the course of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The perpetrator didn’t make any reference to my position as president of the vaccination fee,” the Neue Zuercher Zeitung paper quoted Berger as saying within the assertion.
Police investigating the case shot useless a 38-year-old German suspect whereas making an attempt to apprehend him final week. They stated the suspect had shot a feminine companion as police closed in, killing her.
Berger was not instantly out there for remark. In his assertion he stated he would don’t have any additional touch upon the matter.
(Reporting by Michael Shields; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell)
