ZURICH: The two men arrested in the Swiss town of Winterthur near Zurich last week over possible links to a shooting attack in Vienna on Nov 2 visited the attacker in July and he may have visited the Zurich region, Swiss media reported on Sunday (Nov 8).

The reports shed a further spotlight on the once prominent industrial centre near Zurich, where officials say a now-shuttered mosque attracted preachers who espoused "hate speech". A man dubbed the "Emir of Winterthur was sentenced to 50 months in jail in September for recruiting for the Islamic State group.