adminworked for more than 10 years at the Kronospan wood panel plant in Menznau, near Lucerne in central Switzerland.
He had no record of making trouble, police and factory officials said, but workmates quoted by Swiss media said he may have been suffering from mental problems since last year. The man, who was not identified by name, reportedly launched his assault with a handgun at around 9am in the plant’s canteen.
Police said he appeared to have aimed deliberately at his victims, rather than spraying shots at random. Of the seven wounded, six were in a serious condition. Three helicopters from the Swiss emergency service REGA evacuated four of the wounded to neighbouring hospitals, a spokesman told AFP.
Police would not say how the shooter died and added they were waiting for the results of an autopsy.
“We still don’t know what his motives were,” Lucerne’s police chief Daniel Bussmann told reporters. —AFP.
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