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Zurich shooting: Two people killed near UBS branch in Swiss city | |
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Two people have been shot dead outside a branch of the UBS bank in the Swiss city of Zurich, police say. | Two people have been shot dead outside a branch of the UBS bank in the Swiss city of Zurich, police say. |
The shooting took place shortly before 14:30 local time (13:30 GMT) on Lagerstrasse in the Europaallee area. | |
Zurich police said the situation was now under control and that there was no further danger to the public. | |
They said rescuers had found two gunshot victims at the scene. One was dead and the other died soon after they arrived. | |
Eyewitnesses had reported at least four or five shots being fired. | |
Images in the Swiss media showed two bodies lying close together on the pavement, with what appeared to be a pistol close to the hand of one of them. | |
The reasons behind the shooting are unclear. | |
A large police presence remains at the scene but Zurich police said that no further information could yet be given. |