A teenage boy is in custody after his mother was stabbed to death in canton Valais.
The 41-year-old woman was at home in Sierre in the early hours of Monday morning when neighbors say they heard a scream and a crash.
Her 14-year-old son was arrested.
The neighbors say the woman, identified as Denise, worked as a beautician and was very friendly.
She’d lived in the apartment for around 5 months.
Bank details compromised
British digital bank Revolut has admitted handing customer information to fraudsters who impersonated a European government agency
Watch theft victim speaks out
A luxury watch dealer just across the French border from Geneva has broken his silence about a violent robbery earlier this month
Crans Montana hearings due before end of year
Jessica Moretti, who ran the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, is now living in near-isolation in the Valais village of Lens more than eight months after the deadly New Year's Eve fire
Better news for economy
Switzerland's economy will grow 1.7% this year — nearly double the 0.9% expansion forecast in June, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said yesterday
Geneva budget plan unveiled
Geneva has now put figures to its austerity plan — a CHF 546 million deficit for 2027, even after CHF 247 million in cuts
Summer fires increase
Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years
