Swiss police detain suspect after shooting kills two
Reuters
Published Dec 11, 2023 04:31AM ET
Updated Dec 11, 2023 11:42AM ET
SION, Switzerland (Reuters) -A gunman killed two people and wounded a third in the Swiss alpine town of Sion on Monday morning, and a suspect was later arrested, police said.
Several shots were fired in two parts of the town, police in the southwestern Valais canton said.
The victims were a 34-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man who lived in the area, police added.
After the shooting, officers cordoned off the scene and set up a checkpoint, stopping and searching cars on the main road out of the canton.
Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership. The Swiss-based Small Arms Survey research group estimates that in a country of around 9 million people, civilians own about 2.3 million firearms.
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