Search underway after 1 dead and 5 wounded in a shooting at a rave in Switzerland<\/p>\n
GENEVA \u2014<\/p>\n
A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five wounded early Sunday, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for a suspect.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe search for the unknown perpetrator is ongoing,\u201d police wrote on X. \u201cPossible motives and the exact circumstances of the crime remain unclear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Cantonal police wrote on X that a 22-year-old woman died of injuries at the scene. Four men and one woman, between 24 and 27 years old, were taken to the hospital with injuries ranging from minor to severe.<\/p>\n
All of the victims are residents of Switzerland, police said. They did not release their names in line with Swiss privacy rules.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe manhunt is continuing nonstop at full speed,\u201d police spokesperson Bernhard Graser told reporters on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n
He said police had no information yet about possible motives. Asked whether a terrorist attack was a possibility, Graser said that \u201cthe fact that the rave was already winding down suggests that\u2019s not the case. A fight could also be a possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n
Public shootings are rare in the Alpine country despite relatively widespread gun ownership.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of its nature, this incident is certainly unique in recent years,” Graser said. “We don\u2019t yet know the full extent of it, but based purely on the circumstances, it is something truly extraordinary. That\u2019s why there\u2019s such a large police presence.\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities were alerted around 2:30 a.m. to the shooting in the canton\u2019s capital Aarau, 46 kilometers (29 miles) west of Zurich, Police spokesperson Pascal Wenzel told Swiss public broadcaster SRF.<\/p>\n
At the time of the incident, the \u201cAarau Rave VOL. 7\u201d was taking place at the horse racing track in Aarau\u2019s Schachen district, SRF reported. The fire department cordoned off a large area around the site.<\/p>\n
A major police operation was underway and locals were asked to stay away from the area. Officers, firefighters and ambulances were on the scene in large numbers. Police in Freiburg, in neighboring Germany, also took part in search efforts for the suspect, the German news agency dpa reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight now, virtually the entire Aargau police force is out on the streets,\u201d Graser said, adding that they had no information on where the suspect or the suspects might be. However, police have ruled out the possibility that they could pose a threat again.<\/p>\n
Swiss daily Blick reported that rave visitors initially mistook the shots for fireworks until somebody shouted \u201ceveryone down.\u201d<\/p>\n
The newspaper wrote that the shooting took place right after the event ended. Police later took all remaining visitors to a nearby gym, Blick reported.<\/p>\n
Police asked any witnesses with videos or photos to share them with investigators.<\/p>\n
The Aargau Racing Club, which runs the horse tracking track, expressed shock at the shooting.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe extend our deepest sympathy to all those affected and their families, who are facing this difficult and trying situation,\u201d it said on its website. \u201cWe would like to thank the emergency responders and all others involved who worked professionally and with dedication on the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
Swiss DJ Tekibo, who performed at the rave, wrote on Instagram that \u201cwhat happened at Aarauer rave is absolutely heartbreaking.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTechno and raves are supposed to be a place for freedom and safety, never a place where something like this happens,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Aarau has about 22,300 residents. It is about 18 miles south of the German border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Search underway after 1 dead and 5 wounded in a shooting at a rave in Switzerland GENEVA \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[59880,59877,935,59878,59881,45210,59855,59778,5377,72,59784,59820,59879,15502,1402,5980,59821,14699,41,17,59743],"class_list":["post-122793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-switzerland","tag-22-year-old-woman","tag-capital-aarau","tag-injury","tag-large-area","tag-large-number","tag-ldnd","tag-local-police","tag-manhunt","tag-place","tag-police","tag-rave","tag-rave-shooting","tag-rave-visitor","tag-scene","tag-search","tag-shooting","tag-shooting-europe","tag-suspect","tag-swiss","tag-switzerland","tag-switzerland-shooting"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/117185347782836971","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}