Three dead in Swiss factory shooting
Three people have been killed and a further seven injured in a gun attack at a wood processing factory in central Switzerland. Swiss police say the gunman is among those dead.
Switzerland's relationship with firearms goes back a long way, when civilians were trained to fight and to keep the country out of two world wars.
Now, it's estimated that for every 100 civilians, 42 of them own a gun. That gives the Swiss a ranking of third in the world for gun ownership, behind the USA and Yemen.
The incident will once again raise questions about Switzerland's liberal gun laws.
Imogen Foulkes reports.
27 Feb 2013
- From the section Europe