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 An American rapper says he has been deported from Switzerland and banned from returning for three years after being found guilty of assault at a Zurich nightclub following a punch up between musicians and members of the audience that sent six people to hospital. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151204/us-rapper-banned-from-switzerland-after-club-fight Fri, 04 Dec 2015 09:25:44 +0100 us-rapper-banned-from-switzerland-after-club-fight A 28-year-old Swiss man ejected from a Zurich restaurant by security guards in the wee hours of Monday returned with an assault rifle to threaten them before being overpowered, city police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151130/security-guard-overpowers-rifle-wielding-rowdy Mon, 30 Nov 2015 21:24:03 +0100 security-guard-overpowers-rifle-wielding-rowdy Zurich city police are looking for witnesses after a 56-year-old Canadian woman visiting Switzerland was struck and killed by a streetcar on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150831/zurich-tram-kills-canadian-tourist-in-crosswalk Mon, 31 Aug 2015 23:14:00 +0200 zurich-tram-kills-canadian-tourist-in-crosswalk Zurich city police are investigating an accident caused by an exploding fire cracker that injured eight people, including an 11-year-old boy, following the burning of the Böögg snowman in a traditional ceremony to bid farewell to winter. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150414/eight-injured-at-zurich-snowman-burning-event Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:34:13 +0200 eight-injured-at-zurich-snowman-burning-event Zurich city police are looking for witnesses after a 29-year-old woman died from head injuries suffered when she fell from a streetcar on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150408/woman-dies-after-fall-from-zurich-tram Thu, 09 Apr 2015 00:36:58 +0200 woman-dies-after-fall-from-zurich-tram 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 UPDATED: An estimated 200 masked men went on the rampage in a normally quiet part of Zurich on Friday night, with police forced to fire tear gas and water cannons to gain control of the situation. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141213/vandals-wreak-havoc-in-central-zurich Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:18:00 +0100 vandals-wreak-havoc-in-central-zurich Two men fired guns during the holdup of a Migros Bank in Zurich on Monday before nabbing foreign currency worth tens of thousands of francs, city police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140310/gunmen-fire-shots-in-brazen-zurich-bank-heist Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:52:00 +0100 gunmen-fire-shots-in-brazen-zurich-bank-heist A corruption scandal involving members of Zurich police department’s vice squad has mushroomed to implicate 11 officers, justice officials say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131120/zurich-police-department-sex-scandal-mushrooms Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:30:00 +0100 zurich-police-department-sex-scandal-mushrooms Five members of Zurich police department’s vice squad allegedly passed on confidential information to people involved with prostitution in exchange for sexual services, food and and drink, the prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131113/zurich-vice-squad-cops-accepted-sex-for-tip-offs Wed, 13 Nov 2013 21:38:00 +0100 zurich-vice-squad-cops-accepted-sex-for-tip-offs A Zurich court on Thursday convicted an American-born Swiss man of exhibitionism and other offences for masturbating in front of young girls on a streetcar (tram) and in other public places. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131025/zurich-court-convicts-us-born-exhibitionist Fri, 25 Oct 2013 13:50:00 +0200 zurich-court-convicts-us-born-exhibitionist Zurich city and cantonal police are looking for a gunman who shot and injured two men on a street in the centre of Switzerland’s largest city on Thursday afternoon. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130530/police-launch-manhunt-after-downtown-zurich-shooting Fri, 31 May 2013 00:42:00 +0200 police-launch-manhunt-after-downtown-zurich-shooting Three Swedish men got a shock surprise in Zurich when police pulled over the two black Volvo station wagons they were in and arrested them at gunpoint. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130405/swedish-tourists-get-shock-welcome-from-zurich-police Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:56:00 +0200 swedish-tourists-get-shock-welcome-from-zurich-police