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A suspect pulled out a gun and killed a woman. He also died when the police used firearms.
On Wednesday evening, an attempt to arrest a suspect in Wallisellen resulted in an exchange of gunfire with the Zurich cantonal police. Two people died, the suspect – according to a press release from the Zurich cantonal police, a 38-year-old man – and his companion.
Since the suspect had a firearm according to previous investigations, specialists from the intervention unit had been called in, as the kapo writes. When they wanted to arrest them shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, the man suddenly pulled out a gun and used it. As a result, his companion was probably hit. As a result, the police used firearms.
preceded kidnapping
The man had been investigated in connection with a kidnapping. An unknown kidnapped a man in the canton of Zurich last Thursday and threatened him with a gun. The kidnapper released his victim the same night. Police investigations led to the suspect. In Zurich, this was not previously known to the criminal police.