Several people have been killed and others have been wounded in a shooting at a Swiss factory, according to police.

Swiss police said the shooting occurred at a wood processing company called Kronospan in the town of Menznau, adding that emergency services were at the scene.

Emergency services are at the scene and the area has been largely cordoned off.

Swiss news agency SDA quoted the rescue helicopter service REGA as saying it had flown four seriously injured people to hospital.

Last month, a gunman killed three women and wounded two men in the Swiss village of Daillon, stirring a debate about Switzerland’s gun laws.

Male citizens in Switzerland are allowed to retain guns after their mandatory military service.

There is no national gun register in the country, but some estimates indicate that at least one in every three of Switzerland’s eight million inhabitants keeps a gun, many stored at home.

Citizens outside the military can apply for a permit to purchase up to three weapons from the age of 18.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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