Switzerland: 3 killed in workplace shooting

They said there were 8221;several dead and several seriously injured people8217; and that rescue services were deployed and the scene sealed off. They did not elaborate.

The local Neue Luzerner Zeitung newspaper cited a witness as saying that the shooter opened fire in the company canteen. Swiss news website 20min.ch,citing a reporter at the site,said police confirmed three deaths including the assailant and said seven people were injured,some of them seriously.

However,police in Lucerne,the local administrative centre,said they didn8217;t yet have figures.

According to the local town council,Kronospan has some 450 employees.

It was not immediately clear who the shooter was or what the motive might have been.