Overview
- During the night to Sunday, multiple shots were fired near the Pferderennbahn Schachen at the end of the Aarauer Rave and a 22-year-old Italian resident was killed while five other festivalgoers were wounded.
- Investigators recovered cartridge cases from at least two different calibers and found that shots were fired at two separate locations near the event, evidence that police are still forensically examining.
- Police arrested a 43-year-old Swiss man overnight and said they now consider a single perpetrator likely, but they have not yet established a motive or confirmed which weapons were fired by whom.
- Cantonal investigators have been joined by Fedpol and cooperating German authorities and they have asked attendees and local residents to submit video and photo material to help reconstruct the incident.
- The attack has raised public alarm in a country where private gun ownership is common but shootings are rare and officials warn that forensic work and witness interviews will determine whether this was terrorism, an amok attack or a criminal settling.