epa05225734 Police officers indicate their presence at the Airport of Zurich, in Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland, 22 March 2016. All flights to brussels are canceled and security measures have been raised following the terror attacks at Brussels airport and on the metro system which claimed multiple lives and injured many others. EPA/ENNIO LEANZA
Monday morning in the Swiss alpine town of Sion, a shooter shot and killed two people and injured a third, according to police. Subsequently, a suspect was taken into custody.
According to authorities in the southwest Valais canton, many shots were fired in two different areas of the town.
The victims were a 34-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man who lived in the area, police added.
After the shooting, officers cordoned off the scene and set up a checkpoint, stopping and searching cars on the main road out of the canton.
Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership. The Swiss-based Small Arms Survey research group estimates that in a country of around 9 million people, civilians own about 2.3 million firearms.
