Credit: Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenPlainpalais, Geneva, Switzerland · 1932
On 9 November 1932, Swiss Army recruits deployed to police a fascist rally in Geneva's Plainpalais district opened fire on anti-fascist counter-protesters, killing 13 people and wounding 65 in a shooting lasting about 12 seconds.
Credit: Josef KriehuberPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenGeneva lakeshore promenade near Hôtel Beau-Rivage, Geneva, Switzerland · 1898
Empress Elisabeth of Austria was fatally stabbed with a sharpened file by Italian anarchist Luigi Lucheni on a Geneva promenade on 10 September 1898, dying of internal bleeding from a wound to the heart.
Credit: Stadtpolizei ZürichPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenAmtshaus IV, Zurich, Switzerland · 1986
On 16 April 1986, Günther Tschanun, head of a Zurich building authority department, shot and killed four colleagues and seriously injured another at his workplace before fleeing; he was caught in France weeks later and ultimately convicted of murder.
Credit: TschubbyCC BY-SA 3.0SourceSOLVEDListenZürich Islamic Center, Zürich, Switzerland · 2016
A 24-year-old Swiss man fatally stabbed a former friend in Zürich on 18 December 2016, then shot and wounded three worshippers at the Zürich Islamic Center the next day before fleeing and dying by suicide.
Credit: EinDaoCC BY-SA 4.0SourceCOLDListenSeewen, Solothurn, Switzerland · 1976
Five members of the Siegrist and Westhäuser families were shot dead in a weekend house near Seewen, Switzerland, on 5 June 1976. Despite an extensive investigation, no one was ever charged, and the case became time-barred in 2006.
SOLVEDListenPolish Embassy, Bern, Switzerland · 1982
Four Polish exiles led by Florian Kruszyk stormed the Polish embassy in Bern on September 6, 1982, taking 14 hostages and demanding an end to martial law in Poland along with several million Swiss francs; a Swiss anti-terror squad freed the remaining hostages unharmed on September 9.
SOLVEDListenKyburg Castle, Kyburg, Switzerland · 1349
In 1349, amid Black Death persecutions, 330 Jews who had taken refuge in Kyburg castle near Winterthur were burned to death on the orders of Albert II, Duke of Austria, in one of the deadliest massacres of Jews recorded in Swiss areas.
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Monument 9 novembre — Credit: Credits to Mourad Ben Abdallah / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0Source
Empress Elisabeth of Austria with her children — Credit: Josef KriehuberPublic domainSource
Fahndungsplakat Günter Tschanun 1986 — Credit: Stadtpolizei ZürichPublic domainSource
Reliefkarte Zürich blank — Credit: TschubbyCC BY-SA 3.0Source
File:Ehrengrab auf dem Friedhof Hörnli, Riehen, Basel-Stadt .jpg — Credit: EinDaoCC BY-SA 4.0Source11. By status: 1 cold and 10 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
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