Two people have been shot dead outside a branch of the UBS bank in the otherwise boring and peaceful Swiss city of Zurich, the local police said according to BBC.
Images in the Swiss media showed two bodies lying motionless, close together on a pavement, with eyewitnesses reporting four or five shots being fired.
The media images showed what appeared to be a pistol close to the hand of one of the bodies on the pavement.
There is a large police presence at the scene in the Europaallee area. Zurich police said the situation was now under control and that there was no danger to the public.
Authorities told local media they were responding to an incident in downtown Zurich, near the Swiss financial hub’s main train station.
The reasons behind the shooting remain unclear.
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