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A huge manhunt is underway after two people were killed in a horror shooting in Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Emergency services rushed to the scene in Sion in the south of the country this morning after shots were fired at several people in the city centre.<\/p>\n

A spokesperon for the Swiss Ferderal Police said: “On Monday, December 11, 2023, a person fired several shots at people in two different locations in the city of Sion. On Monday morning, shortly before 8am, a yet-to-be-identified man in Sion shot several people for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n

“Two people died and another was injured. After receiving the report, the Valais cantonal police immediately set up a force to arrest the perpetrator. According to initial findings, the perpetrator knew his victims.<\/p>\n

“The public prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into murder as a subsidiary of intentional homicide.”<\/p>\n

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A number of shots were fired at the Sarosa painting company in the Ronquoz area, Le Nouvelliste has reported. A man who works nearby told 20 Minutes he heard several shots at the painting shop shortly before police swiftly cordoned off the area.<\/p>\n

Switzerland has high levels of gun ownership among nationals, with around two million people privately owning them – but the country has not seen a mass shooting since 2001, when a man stormed the local parliament in Zug, murdering 14 people before turning the gun on himself.<\/p>\n

The National Rifle Association says Swizterland has one of the lowest murder rates in the world.<\/p>\n

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