2015 Würenlingen shooting

On 9 and 10 May 2015, five people were reported to have been shot dead in the Swiss town of Würenlingen. One of dead may be the attacker, a Swiss national.[1][2][3] It is believed that the reason for the attack was a family dispute.

The offender killed his parents-in-law, his brother-in-law, a neighbour, and then himself. He was known to the police for various offenses. His wife and his three children live apart from him in a secret welfare house. The misused gun was not registered and was not from army stocks. Even in a recent house search at the residence of the offender in the canton of Schwyz, no gun had been found.[4]

References
  1. "Täter von Würenlingen war polizeibekannt". baz.ch/. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. "Swiss gunman shoots dead four in 'family dispute'". BBC News. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  3. RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera. "Cinque morti a Würenlingen". rsi. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  4. "Beziehungsdelikt in Würenlingen: Täter war polizeibekannt". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF). Retrieved 14 September 2015.
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