Ex-chief warns Zurich rioters may escape justice
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A former police chief says Zurich rioters involved in the Hardplatz violence may never face consequences, even as a timeline of the night shows how quickly the situation escaped control. Protesters who recently occupied the Lindenhof plaza left behind 2.2 tonnes of waste.
Polls for the upcoming referendums suggest voters are divided on how to fund the 13th pension payment. A clear majority opposes raising VAT to fund the measure, though there is broader support for a nationwide ban on fireworks. Elsewhere, Lausanne’s CHUV hospital has suspended a senior surgeon for allegedly falsifying records to claim he attended operations he did not.
The University Hospital Zurich expects its new American IT system to cost 100 million francs more than budgeted, while a union has warned that surprise alcohol tests administered to municipal employees in Chiasso encroach on their privacy. In the courts, two seniors in Dielsdorf are facing trial for antisemitism.