“I thought it was a robbery at the casino. The policeman told me: “it’s much more serious than that”. I didn’t think about that.” In the aftermath of the tragedy that claimed the lives of four people from the same French family, this resident is in shock, like many residents of this neighborhood in the center of Montreux, Switzerland. But a fashionable shock from the pretty Vaudois city. Discreet and modest.
At the foot of the building, a small memorial has been improvised under a palm tree. Five red candles, a few bouquets of flowers, passersby who meditate for a moment. In the distance, the snow-capped peaks sparkle on the lake of oil, while a casino employee in livery observes the comings and goings of…