The head of Switzerland's vaccination advisory commission has identified himself as the victim of a brief kidnapping last month that led to a fatal shootout with police.
Several Swiss media published a statement from Christoph Berger, saying a kidnapper he did not know had taken him captive for around an hour on March 31 and demanded a large sum of money under threat of violence before releasing him.
Berger, a doctor, has made frequent appearances in the media during the coronavirus pandemic.
