Man kills 3 in Swiss village
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January 4, 2013, Friday
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A MAN armed with an old military rifle and a handgun shot and killed three women and wounded two men in a southern Swiss village, police said yesterday.
Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who arrived at the scene after the shooting in the village of Daillon on Wednesday evening, said interim cantonal police chief Robert Steiner. The gunman was then arrested.
Steiner said the suspect was using a military rifle that was once standard issue in the Swiss army during the first half of the 20th century.
"The shooter pointed his weapon at our colleagues, so they had to open fire to neutralize him, to avoid being injured themselves," police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told Swiss radio. He said the shooter lived in Daillon. The motive for the shooting was not clear.
Prosecutor Catherine Seppey said the shooter - who was not identified - knew several of the victims, but "he was not known for making threats." He was unemployed and had been receiving psychiatric care since at least 2005, when he was first admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and was under the care of the cantonal agency that provides services and counseling to the disabled, she said.
Three of the victims, aged 32, 54 and 79, died at the scene. The two injured men, aged 33 and 63, were taken to hospitals, Seppey said.
Police shot and wounded the suspect after he threatened to also shoot officers who arrived at the scene after the shooting in the village of Daillon on Wednesday evening, said interim cantonal police chief Robert Steiner. The gunman was then arrested.
Steiner said the suspect was using a military rifle that was once standard issue in the Swiss army during the first half of the 20th century.
"The shooter pointed his weapon at our colleagues, so they had to open fire to neutralize him, to avoid being injured themselves," police spokesman Jean-Marie Bornet told Swiss radio. He said the shooter lived in Daillon. The motive for the shooting was not clear.
Prosecutor Catherine Seppey said the shooter - who was not identified - knew several of the victims, but "he was not known for making threats." He was unemployed and had been receiving psychiatric care since at least 2005, when he was first admitted to a psychiatric hospital, and was under the care of the cantonal agency that provides services and counseling to the disabled, she said.
Three of the victims, aged 32, 54 and 79, died at the scene. The two injured men, aged 33 and 63, were taken to hospitals, Seppey said.
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