Shots fired at Aarau rave: 43-year-old Swiss arrested, one dead
A 22-year-old Italian woman was killed and five other people injured in a techno party in Aarau. Police arrested a 43-year-old Swiss man.
Suspect arrested after shooting attack at Aarau rave in the night into Monday
According to Google News CH — Crime (de), Swiss police arrested a suspect following shots fired at a techno party in Aarau. The arrested man is a 43-year-old Swiss national who was apprehended in the course of search measures that were initiated. The arrest was made in the night into Monday.
The authorities are currently treating this as a single-perpetrator case. Investigations into the exact circumstances, background and possible motive are ongoing.
In the night into Sunday, at the Aarau rave, a techno party near Zurich, several shots were fired at a group of people at around 2.30 a.m. A 22-year-old Italian woman succumbed to her injuries. Five other people were injured: a German woman and four Swiss men aged between 24 and 31. They suffered injuries of varying severity and were taken to hospitals.
According to police information, visitors were on their way home when the shots were fired. The attacks occurred at two different locations — on the rave site itself and near an adjacent caravan park. Police chief Michael Leupold stated on Sunday that they had "found traces of two different calibres, from a pistol or submachine gun and an assault rifle".
Police called on all persons who possess video material from the event to hand it over to the authorities.
A police press conference in Aarau is scheduled for Wednesday, at which the public is to be informed of the current state of the investigation.
Gun attacks are rare in Switzerland. According to the Small Arms Survey, in 2017 there were almost three firearms per ten residents — making Switzerland ranked 16th worldwide at the time for the number of firearms per capita.
Source: Google News CH — Crime (de)