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Swiss gunman kills self, four others in domestic shooting

Published 10/05/2015, 14:37
© Reuters. TV crews perpare for a statement in front of a house in Wuerenlingen

AARAU, Switzerland (Reuters) - A gunman killed three relatives and a neighbour in a late-night

rampage in a Swiss village before turning his weapon on himself, local police said on Sunday.

The presumed killer, a 36-year-old Swiss national who was separated from his wife and the couple's three children, shot dead his father-in-law, mother-in-law and brother-in-law, police told a news conference.

The killings took place late on Saturday in and around a residential building in Wuerenlingen, a community of some 4,500 people north-west of Zurich.

Police said the gunman lived in another part of Switzerland and was known to police for violent behaviour. The murder weapon was unregistered, they said.

A neighbour, who was not identified, told Swiss newspaper Blick she heard four shots in succession fired very quickly, then two further shots after a pause. She had heard no screams, the tabloid reported.

© Reuters. TV crews perpare for a statement in front of a house in Wuerenlingen

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