One person killed, five wounded in shooting at rave in Switzerland

By AFP and Reuters. Published On 30 Aug 202630 Aug 2026.

Key points

• Swiss newspaper Blick documented that the shots were fired before 3am (01: 00 GMT) on the sidelines of the Aarauer Rave.
• Some 3, 500 individuals attended the annual techno party between 3pm on Saturday and 2am on Sunday.
• Police spokeswoman Vanessa Rumpold informed Blick that the shooting happened at the racecourse where the event was held.
• Sizeable areas of Aarau have been cordoned off, police stated, adding that they have rose their presence beyond the town as a precautionary measure.
• Although violent shootings are rare, switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe.

At least one person has been killed and five others injured in a shooting at an overnight rave party in northern Switzerland, local police remarked.

"The search for the perpetrators, whose identities are currently unknown, is under way, " police remarked on social media on Sunday, adding that the motives and exact circumstances regarding the incident in Aarau, north of Zurich, were not yet known.

Police remarked a search operation was under way, appealing to the public for any film or pictures of the incident.

Blick published video footage, taken from an elevated position. It it remarked had come from a reader showing a night-time street scene with the sound of a number of shots being fired.

"Several shots were fired within a large group of people, " she remarked. One witness documented "bursts of gunfire", according to the daily.

Although violent shootings are rare, switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe. It approved tighter gun control rules in 2019.

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