Newz"Investigations into the exact circumstances of the incident, as well as its background and possible motive, are currently underway," the police said. The suspect, a 43-year-old Swiss citizen, was taken into custody early on Monday, the police said. GENEVA (AP) — A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five injured early Sunday, local police and media reported.
Police said they are still looking for potentially more than one suspect.Aargau cantonal police wrote earlier on X that a 22-year-old woman died of injuries at the scene. Four men and one woman, between 24 and 27 years old, were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from minor to severe.All of the victims are residents of Switzerland, police said. They did not release their names in line with Swiss privacy rules.However, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday evening identified the woman who was killed and two other victims as Italian citizens.“I express my deepest condolences for the death of Maria Spinelli, the young Italian woman who was a victim of the tragic shooting in Aarau, Switzerland,” she wrote on X, identifying the dead woman by name.“My thoughts also go to the other injured individuals, among whom there are two Italian citizens, and to all the people involved in this dramatic event,” she said, adding that she trusts “the work of the Swiss authorities to shed full light on what happened and identify those responsible.”Earlier on Sunday at a press briefing, Aargau police said all its forces were involved in finding the suspect or suspects.“The manhunt is continuing nonstop at full speed,” police spokesperson Bernhard Graser told reporters.He said police had no information yet about possible motives.
Asked whether a terrorist attack was a possibility, Graser said that “the fact that the rave was already winding down suggests that’s not the case. “We don’t yet know the full extent of it, but based purely on the circumstances, it is something truly extraordinary. That’s why there’s such a large police presence.”Authorities were alerted around 2:30 a.m.
local time to the shooting in the canton’s capital Aarau, 46 kilometers (29 miles) west of Zurich, police spokesperson Pascal Wenzel told Swiss public broadcaster SRF.At the time of the incident, the “Aarau Rave VOL. 7” was taking place at the horse racing track in Aarau’s Schachen district, SRF reported. Swiss police on Monday said they had arrested a 43-year-old man on suspicion of having carried out a deadly shooting at a rave in the town of Aargau Sunday morning.
The attack killed a 22-year-old Italian woman and wounded five other people. One person was killed and five more were injured in the attack Five people aged between 24 and 31 were wounded, and the police believe that a lone gunman was involved.
GENEVA (AP) — A suspect has been arrested after a weekend shooting at a rave in northern Switzerland that left one person dead and five wounded, police said Monday. A 22-year-old Italian woman was killed and several others injured at a techno rave being held at a horse racing track in Aarau. One woman was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a rave in the Swiss town of Aarau over the weekend.
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