Several dead in shooting in Switzerland: police

Police in Aargau canton (state) said residents heard shots late Saturday night in the town of Wuerenlingen,a community of roughly 4,500 people north-west of Zurich. They alerted police, who found "several" dead people lying outside and in a house.

All the dead were adults. The dead include the suspected gunman, who is believed to have killed himself, Aargau canton (state) police chief Michael Leupold said at a news conference.

He said that the information investigators have suggests a domestic dispute was behind the shooting.

A neighbour, who was not identified, told Swiss newspaper Blick she heard four shots in succession fired very quickly, then two further shots after a pause. She had heard no screams, the tabloid reported.

The residential area in which the shooting took place is made up of family houses, newspaper NZZ reported, Kazinform refers to Chinadaily.com.cn.