Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in morges”. Today it says “terrorist attack on the evening of 12 september 2020 where a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
2020 stabbing attack in Morges, Switzerland On the evening of 12 September 2020, a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in Morges , Vaud canton , Switzerland . The accused, a Turkish - Swiss dual national , was known to the Swiss intelligence service as an Islamist and under surveillance for possible links to terrorism . The victim was a 29-year-old Portuguese man. While in custody of the Swiss police , the accused is alleged to have confessed that he acted in the name of jihadism . Swiss authorities suspect a terrorist motive. "Le tueur de Morges était sous l'influence de l'"émir" condamné à 15 ans de prison" . rts.ch (in French). 28 January 2021 . "Ist die Messerattacke von Morges ein Terroranschlag oder die Tat eines Verwirrten?" [Is the knife attack in Morges a terror attack or the act of a confused person?].
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
On the evening of 12 September 2020, a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in Morges , Vaud canton , Switzerland . The accused, a Turkish - Swiss dual national , was known to the Swiss intelligence service as an Islamist and under surveillance for possible links to terrorism . The victim was a 29-year-old Portuguese man. While in custody of the Swiss police , the accused is alleged to have confessed that he acted in the name of jihadism . Swiss authorities suspect a terrorist motive. "Le tueur de Morges était sous l'influence de l'"émir" condamné à 15 ans de prison" . rts.ch (in French). 28 January 2021 . "Ist die Messerattacke von Morges ein Terroranschlag oder die Tat eines Verwirrten?" [Is the knife attack in Morges a terror attack or the act of a confused person?].
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in morges”. Today it says “terrorist attack on the evening of 12 september 2020 where a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
fatally stabbed in a kebab restaurant in morges
Now
terrorist attack on the evening of 12 september 2020 where a randomly-chosen man was fatally stabbed in a kebab
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