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Three hurt in shooting at Islamic Center in Zurich | ||||
2016-12-20 | ||||
[ISRAELNATIONALNEWS] Moments after the Russian ambassador to Turkey was assassinated,Swiss police reported that three people were hurt during a shooting at the Islamic center in Zurich. According to reports the three are seriously injured. The motives of the gunman are as yet unknown. More here from Hurriyet Daily
The undercover journalist also accused the group who run the mosque, Forum of the Orient (Forient), of hiding
At around 5:30 pm (1630 GMT), an unknown person entered the Islamic Center, where several worshipers were gathered, and began shooting, Zurich police said in a statement. He "fired several shots at the worshipers," police said. "Three men, aged 30, 35 and 56, were injured, some seriously. The suspect then escaped from the mosque in the direction of Central Station," the statement said. Witnesses had described the shooter as a man aged around 30 wearing dark clothes and a dark woollen cap, witnesses said.
"The dead man found around 300 metres (yards) from the scene of the crime after the shooting in the mosque is the suspect," a statement on a police website said. Police had initially refused to say if the body, found under a nearby bridge, was linked to the shooting.
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