Five killed in Swiss shooting

Five people were killed in a shooting in northern Switzerland, police said yesterday, rocking the normally tranquil nation. The shooter, a 36-year-old Swiss national, in the drama that played out on Saturday evening in the town of Wuerenlingen, near Zurich, was among the dead, local police told a news conference, adding that it was linked to a personal conflict. Local media reports described the shooter as a policeman.