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Gunman was Kosovar refugee who became Swiss GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – A man was arrested Friday morning in connection with the ownership of the gun used Wednesday morning during the shooting in Menznau, canton Lucerne. Police let him go the next day; he was the brother of the gunman and the gun was licensed to him. [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – One of the seven people injured in a shooting in Menznau, canton Lucerne Wednesday has died, bringing the number of dead to four, including the gunman. Five people remain in serious condition. Police are remaining close-mouthed about the shooting, including the motive and details about the weapon used, as they carry out [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police in canton Valais late Thursday questioned the alleged gunman who shot and killed three people and injured two others Wednesday night 2 January. He is hospitalized with chest injuries from gunshot wounds from police. The 33-year-old native of Daillon, the village where the shootings took place, told investigators that his actions [...]
Correction: assult rifle was not used GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Three people have died and two were injured at the hands of a 33-year-old man in the village of Daillon, Conthey commune, in canton Valais Wednesday night 2 January. The man, whose identity has not been released by police (standard procedure in Switzerland), began shooting from [...]
LAUSANNE / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Police in canton Vaud say five men who “did not hesitate to use violence”, who wore masks or hoods, and who carried guns have been arrested after close cross-border work by police in cantons Vaud and Geneva, with French and Dutch police. The gang is suspected of being behind a [...]
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Seven people are reported to have died after a lone gunman broke into a Sikh temple during services in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the US, Sunday 5 August, and opened fire. Two others were in critical condition Sunday night. Police have not yet determined a motive. The FBI and other [...]
GENEVA, SWTIZERLAND – A former student at a small religious school that offers nursing courses in Oakland, California has shot and killed six students at the school, reports the Los Angeles Times. He was arrested at a nearby shopping centre. He also wounded three others at Oikos University.
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Four students and an adult died Monday morning 19 March and five other people were injured when a gunman on a scooter opened fire at the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school in the Roseraie district in Toulouse, France. The man has not been found and French officials suspect he may be the same [...]
Norwegian media point to lone gunman, naming him and publishing photos Update 9:20 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The death toll had risen to 87 by Saturday morning in Oslo, Norway, from a bomb at a government office and a gunman’s shooting spree at a youth political camp near the city. It is Europe’s worst attack since [...]
Update 2, 23 July GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Government offices in the centre of Oslo appear to have been the target of at least one bomb that went off Friday afternoon 22 July at 15:6, killing seven people and injuring several more, officials have confirmed. Shortly afterwards, a gunman attacked a political youth camp on an [...]
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