https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A man shot and killed his companion, reportedly an employee of Swiss bank UBS, in front of shocked onlookers in the heart of Zurich on Friday before turning the gun on himself, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180224/two-shot-dead-in-murder-suicide-in-downtown-zurich-police Sat, 24 Feb 2018 15:50:22 +0100 two-shot-dead-in-murder-suicide-in-downtown-zurich-police Three people were found dead in an apartment in Spreitenbach in the canton of Aargau in the early hours of Friday morning, victims of an apparent crime, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180216/couple-and-four-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-aargau-apartment Fri, 16 Feb 2018 13:25:01 +0100 couple-and-four-year-old-boy-found-dead-in-aargau-apartment A 36-year-old woman was shot three times in a street in the Grottes area of Geneva in the early hours of Wednesday morning and later died in hospital. https://www.thelocal.ch/20171123/woman-shot-dead-in-geneva-street Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:23:13 +0100 woman-shot-dead-in-geneva-street A man shot his partner dead before turning the gun on himself near a supermarket in Ascona on Friday morning, police have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170623/man-shoots-wife-dead-in-swiss-supermarket-carpark Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:11:05 +0200 man-shoots-wife-dead-in-swiss-supermarket-carpark Police in Basel have arrested a 41-year-old man suspected of involvement in the fatal shooting of two people at a Basel cafe in March. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170412/man-arrested-over-fatal-basel-shooting Wed, 12 Apr 2017 12:07:52 +0200 man-arrested-over-fatal-basel-shooting Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on Thursday at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170310/police-hunt-gunmen-after-two-shot-dead-in-basel-cafe Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:38:21 +0100 police-hunt-gunmen-after-two-shot-dead-in-basel-cafe A 77-year-old man shot a female acquaintance and then killed himself, police have said after the discovery of two bodies in an apartment in the Swiss capital. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170111/two-dead-in-bern-apartment-shooting Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:16:02 +0100 two-dead-in-bern-apartment-shooting The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland has issued a statement condemning Monday's shooting in a Zurich mosque and urging politicians and the media to "finally take Islamophobia seriously". https://www.thelocal.ch/20161221/islamic-council-switzerland-must-take-islamophobia-seriously Wed, 21 Dec 2016 09:25:46 +0100 islamic-council-switzerland-must-take-islamophobia-seriously The gunman who shot three people in a Muslim prayer hall in Zurich on Monday afternoon was a 24-year-old Swiss, chief of police Christiane Lentjes Meili has said in a press conference. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161220/zurich-gunman-was-24-year-old-swiss Tue, 20 Dec 2016 15:15:28 +0100 zurich-gunman-was-24-year-old-swiss Police have launched a manhunt after a man was shot dead in a St Gallen street at 5am on Thursday morning. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160512/homeless-man-shot-dead-in-st-gallen-street Thu, 12 May 2016 12:34:58 +0200 homeless-man-shot-dead-in-st-gallen-street French authorities have searched the homes of two imams from Geneva's main mosque, the largest in Switzerland, the mosque said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151126/french-search-homes-of-geneva-mosque-imams Thu, 26 Nov 2015 20:41:12 +0100 french-search-homes-of-geneva-mosque-imams Police arrested a 28-year-old man in the early hours of Thursday morning after his wife was shot in the apartment they shared with their children in Pully, in the canton of Vaud. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150904/husband-arrested-after-pully-woman-shot-at-home Fri, 04 Sep 2015 12:44:33 +0200 husband-arrested-after-pully-woman-shot-at-home The Swiss man who shot dead three in-laws and a neighbour before turning the gun on himself near Zurich on Sunday was known to police, reports revealed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150511/killer Mon, 11 May 2015 12:58:58 +0200 killer UPDATED: A Swiss man killed three in-laws and a neighbour in a town near Zurich before turning his gun on himself, police said on Sunday, sending shockwaves through the normally tranquil nation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150510/breaking-several-dead-in-shooting-in-switzerland Sun, 10 May 2015 11:26:00 +0200 breaking-several-dead-in-shooting-in-switzerland Zurich city police are seeking witnesses after a 30-year-old man from Montenegro died of 11 gunshot wounds early on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150302/zurich-police-probe-gunshot-death-of-bouncer Mon, 02 Mar 2015 11:03:42 +0100 zurich-police-probe-gunshot-death-of-bouncer The Jewish community in Zurich is “seriously worried” about the possibility of a terrorist attack after the shootings in Paris and Copenhagen, senior members of the community say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150217/jews-in-zurich-fear-swiss-terror-attack Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:56:00 +0100 jews-in-zurich-fear-swiss-terror-attack McDonald’s is normally considered a safe place to bring children, so customers at one of the hamburger chain’s outlets in Switzerland were surprised over the weekend to see a porn film shown to diners on a large video screen. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141208/porn-film-screens-at-swiss-mcdonalds-restaurant Mon, 08 Dec 2014 20:04:00 +0100 porn-film-screens-at-swiss-mcdonalds-restaurant A 28-year-old Swiss man who beat, raped and strangled to death an Austrian prostitute in the canton of Bern in early 2012 was sentenced by a court on Thursday to 18 years in jail. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141204/killer-of-austrian-prostitute-jailed-for-18-years Thu, 04 Dec 2014 21:43:00 +0100 killer-of-austrian-prostitute-jailed-for-18-years UPDATED: A man shot his former wife and her newly married husband before turning the gun on himself on Monday in a Bernese Oberland village, media reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141103/three-people-die-in-bernese-oberland-shooting Mon, 03 Nov 2014 14:48:00 +0100 three-people-die-in-bernese-oberland-shooting UPDATE: One person was killed Friday in a shooting in the prayer hall of a mosque in the Swiss city of Saint Gallen, police said. Media reports said the victim was 18 and was killed as a result of a row between Albanian families. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140822/man-shot-dead-in-saint-gallen-mosque Fri, 22 Aug 2014 22:23:00 +0200 man-shot-dead-in-saint-gallen-mosque