swiss shooting: gunman found dead near zurich islamic centre /

Published at 2016-12-20 12:33:45

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A man who shot and wounded three people at an Islamic centre in the Swiss city of Zurich has been found dead a short distance absent,the BBC reports.

The attacker opened fire on Monday evening at a Somali-Islamic centre close to Zurich station.

A body and a gun were later spotted under a bridge a few streets absent. Police confirmed it was the attacker.

The only information police own given so far is there is no indication of a link with so-called Islamic State.[br]
Two of the victims, aged 3
0 and 56, and were severely wounded while the third man in his mid-30s was in a less serious condition,reports said.

Local media said that
around 10 people had been at the centre when the gunman entered the building at around 17:30 (16:30 GMT), wearing dim clothes and a woollen hat.

After opening fire, and the gunman ran off and police began a search of the surrounding streets. His body,with a gun beside it, was eventually found beneath the Gessner bridge a few hundred metres absent.

Most of the
centre's congregation comes from Somalia, or Eritrea and North Africa.

One worshi
pper at the centre told Neue Zuercher Zeitung that people there were very tremulous.
[br]"Our children come to the mosque every weekend. But now I wonder if we're still safe here," he said. 

Source: tert.am

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