2013 Menznau shooting
| 2013 Menznau shooting | |
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| Location | Menznau, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Date | 27 February 2013 09:00 CET (UTC+01:00) |
| Target | Staff from the Kronospan wood-processing plant |
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Attack type
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Spree shooting |
| Weapons | Sphinx model AT380 sub-compact pistol |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator)[1] |
| Injured | 5 |
| Perpetrator | Viktor Berisha[2] |
On 27 February 2013, a gunman opened fire at the Kronospan wood-processing plant in the Swiss town of Menznau, killing four people. Five others were wounded, two critically. The gunman himself was found dead, though it is as yet[clarification needed] unclear if he committed suicide or if he was killed by other workers in self-defense.
Shooting
The shooting, which took place at approximately 09:00 CET (08:00 UTC), occurred in the canteen area of the plant. The wounded were flown to two area hospitals for treatment.[3][4][5] Among the victims was Benno Studer (born 29 December 1986), a successful Swiss Wrestler active in competitions since 2007, with notable victories in 2010 and 2011.[6]
The gunman was identified as Viktor Berisha (in Swiss media mostly anonymized as "Viktor B."), aged 42, a Kosovar Albanian who had received asylum in Switzerland in 1991, and who had been convicted to a prison sentence for robbery in 1998. At some point after 2003, he was naturalized as a Swiss citizen. The weapon used by the perpetrator was a Sphinx Systems model AT380 sub-compact pistol, legally owned by Berisha's brother. Berisha was married and had three children.[7]
Victims
- Thomas M., 44, died on February 28
- Christina N., 47
- Hans S., 61, died on April 4[8]
- Benno Studer, 26
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- ↑ Schock für die Schwingerfamilie - Benno Studer ist gestorben 27 February 2013.
- ↑ Polizei bestätigt: Vierte Person gestorben Blick, 28 February 2013. Amoklauf fordert viertes Todesopfer – Viktor B. verwendete keine Armeewaffe Aargauer Zeitung, 2 March 2013. Festnahme nach Amoklauf von Menznau – Täter hinterlässt Frau und drei Kinder Tages Anzeiger, 2 March 2013.
- ↑ Death toll from Swiss Menznau shooting rises to five, The Independent (April 5, 2013)
