Tourists at Montreux this week: Lake Geneva is a popular attraction, in addition to the jazz festival
Montreux, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) - An American in his thirties drowned while swimming in Lake Geneva, near the Chillon beach in Montreux Tuesday afternoon 6 July, Vaud police say.
He and a fellow American were swimming together near the Chateau de Chillon, but the friend lost sight of him around 14:00 and an alarm was quickly raised. A 14-man rescue operation recovered his body, 15 metres from the beach, in three metres of water.
An investigation into the death is underway.
The area around Montreux is filled with tourists this week, with the Montreux Jazz Festival running until 17 July.
UPDATE: Regina Spektor announces the death of Daniel Cho during her performance in Switzerland.
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A Swiss man in his early 30s was mortally wounded by a knife in his apartment in La-Tour-de-Peilz in the early hours of Tuesday 15 December. His companion, a Polish woman, also in her early 30s, is being questioned by police, and medical examiners are carrying out a criminal investigation with police. The couple was heard by neighbours to be arguing loudly at 03:00, say police, who were called to the scene by an acquaintance of the couple.
Links to other sites: 24 Heures (Fre), Vaud police report
Finn, 7 December, swimming again (photo: ©2009 BaerenPark)
Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Finn, the four-year-old bear at Bern’s bear park that attacked a mentally handicapped man who slipped into his cage in pursuit of a plastic bag, is recovering well from a bullet wound. Finn was shot 25 November by a police officer to force him to let go of the man.
