Shots at techno event in Aarau: One dead, five injured

Shots were fired at a techno event in Switzerland early Sunday morning. According to the Aargau cantonal police, there is one fatality and five people injured, some seriously. Accordingly, the search is underway for the unknown perpetrator or perpetrators. The police called on the population to stay away from the area and spoke of a large-scale operation. As a precautionary measure, they are also showing increased presence beyond Aarau, it was said on Platform X.

Shots were fired around 3 a.m

Around ten shots can be heard in a video published by the Swiss newspaper Blick, which is said to have come from near the crime scene. The newspaper quotes a police spokeswoman who named the horse racing track in Schachen, a district of Aarau, as the crime scene and spoke of "several shots being fired at a large group of people."

At the time of the incident, around 3 a.m., the "Aarau Rave" was taking place at the racecourse - a techno event with around 3,500 visitors.

The police ask that further video and images be sent to the Instagram channel of the Aargau cantonal police.