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Zug massacre

27 Sep 2001 · 47.17° N, 8.51° E

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When
27 Sep 2001
Kind
Shooting
Coordinates
47.17° N, 8.51° E
Description
Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 people, killing 14 members of parliament and then himself.

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Zug massacre: In Zug, Switzerland, a gunman shoots 32 people, killing 14 members of parliament and then himself

Zug massacre

2001 mass shooting in Switzerland

The Zug massacre was a mass shooting that took place on 27 September 2001 in the parliament of the Canton of Zug, Switzerland. 57-year-old Friedrich Leibacher shot and killed 14 people in the parliament before killing himself. He was armed with an assault rifle, a pump-action shotgun, two handguns and a homemade bomb and had entered the building disguised as a police officer.

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