{"id":1176985,"date":"2026-08-30T09:20:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1176985\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T09:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:20:32","slug":"shooting-at-rave-in-switzerland-leaves-one-dead-and-five-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1176985\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooting at rave in Switzerland leaves one dead and five injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police said they are still looking for a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe search for the unknown perpetrator is ongoing,\u201d police wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPossible motives and the exact circumstances of the crime remain unclear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e8b29a835619454eb2d1e8739ec230bd.jpg\" alt=\"Switzerland Shooting\" data-title=\"Switzerland Shooting\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"\u00a9 KEYSTONE \/ MICHAEL BUHOLZER\" data-credit=\"Michael Buholzer\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required. No Use in Switzerland\"  \/>Police officers block a street near the Schachen horse racing track (Michael Buholzer\/Keystone via AP)<\/p>\n<p>Cantonal police wrote on X that one person was killed and five injured \u2014 some seriously \u2014 by a shooting at the event in the canton\u2019s capital Aarau, 29 miles west of Zurich.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesperson Pascal Wenzel told Swiss public broadcaster SRF that police were alerted around 2.30am about the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>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, Swiss public broadcaster SRF reported.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department cordoned off a large area around the site.<\/p>\n<p>A major police operation was under way and locals were asked to stay away from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Police called on possible witnesses who have video or photos of the incident to share them with police.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss daily Blick reported that visitors of the rave initially mistook the shots for fireworks until somebody shouted \u201ceveryone down\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper wrote that the shooting took place right after the rave ended.<\/p>\n<p>Aarau has about 22,300 residents and is 28.5 miles west of Zurich.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police said they are still looking for a suspect. \u201cThe search for the unknown perpetrator is ongoing,\u201d police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1176986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":["post-1176985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-glasgow","tag-britain","tag-glasgow","tag-great-britain","tag-scotland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117183726140436721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}