At least two people were killed and one was injured on Monday after shots fired by a man in the Swiss city of Sion, police sources told television channel RTS.
Police in Valais, the canton in southwestern Switzerland whose capital is the city of Sion, launched a major security operation to arrest the attacker in the areas where the attacks took place, the circumstances of which have not yet been established.
Although the attacker’s motives are unknown, police said this was not a random attack as the attacker apparently knew the victims.
These actions are rare in Switzerland, despite being one of the countries in Europe with the highest firearm ownership rate.
In the country there is “approximately one firearm for every four Swiss (27 for every 100 inhabitants)”, partly due to the fact that military service is compulsory for men and that recruits, once ready, can keep the weapons they need to have. used for recruitment at home.
Source: DN
