Gunfire erupted within the early hours of Sunday morning as an annual rave was winding down on the racecourse in Aarau, capital of Switzerland’s northern canton of Aargau.
The assault left a 22-year-old Italian girl useless and wounded 5 others.
A 43-year-old Swiss man handed himself in to police in Delemont, in northwestern Switzerland’s Jura canton.
He’s affected by “psychological issues” and has maintained his silence since his arrest on Monday, the Aargau cantonal prosecutor Christoph Ruedi advised a press convention.
The Aargau police mentioned that two pistols and an AK-74 assault rifle have been discovered within the suspect’s car.
Police chief Michael Leupold mentioned the motive for the assault remained unclear, including that the suspect was not beforehand identified to the police and had no identified hyperlinks to extremist actions.
SHOOTER ACTED ALONE
The police mentioned the shooter acted alone and fired round 40 rounds earlier than fleeing in his car.
Proof from the crime scene means that the shooter fired indiscriminately on the competition web site from varied positions outdoors the grounds, they mentioned.
The 5 survivors hit by gunfire have been 4 Swiss males and a German girl, aged between 24 and 31. They have been taken to hospital.
The police mentioned Wednesday that two of them have been nonetheless in hospital, however their lives are not at risk, and they need to have the ability to be discharged within the coming days.
One other individual has since come ahead who sustained a minor harm, presumably from a ricocheting bullet, they added.
And at the very least one bullet hit a automobile containing 4 individuals because it was driving away.
“All indications recommend that every one these individuals have been random victims,” the police mentioned.
Public prosecutors have opened a legal investigation.
Shootings are uncommon in Switzerland, regardless of widespread gun possession.
The rave organisers mentioned they have been “devastated”, saying on their web site that “the insidious assault on the visitors on the Aarauer Rave has damaged our hearts.”
“A rave ought to all the time be a place of pleasure and love. By no means a spot the place individuals are killed, injured or left in worry.”
