A GUNMAN with known psychiatric and drug problems has opened fire in a village in southern Switzerland, killing three women and injuring two men, authorities say.
The shooting on Thursday raised questions about relatively liberal gun ownership laws in Switzerland, where citizens are allowed to keep their weapons at home outside periods of mandatory military service.
The 33-year-old man opened fire on Wednesday on the streets of the small village of Daillon near the southwestern city of Sion, said Robert Steiner, police commander in the local canton of Valais.
He used two weapons: a historic Swiss military rifle known as a mousqueton and a hunting rifle. Earlier reports had suggested he used an assault rifle.
The man fired around 20 shots, instantly killing three women aged 32, 54 and 79, officials said, and injuring two men, aged 33 and 63.
The gunman was wounded by police and taken to hospital.
Officials said the gunman had spent time in a psychiatric hospital in 2005 and was known to police as a drug user. Police had previously confiscated weapons when he was placed in a psychiatric ward.
His motives for the shooting were not known. Officials said he was a resident of the picturesque village of 200 residents and had known his victims.
Swiss media quoted locals as saying the gunman had been drinking heavily before the shooting.
The defence ministry says there are some two million weapons in private hands among Switzerland's about eight million inhabitants.
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