Iranian armed with axe killed by police after seizing hostages on Swiss train

Police officers watch the Travys train from which hostages were freed at Essert-sous-Champvent station in Switzerland (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

An Iranian asylum seeker was killed by police after he used an axe and a knife to seize more than a dozen hostages for several hours on a train in western Switzerland.

No passengers were injured.