# Attack in a mosque in Zurich on Dec. 19

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On the same day as the assassination of the Russian ambassador in Turkey, and the truck attack in a Christmas marken in Berlin, there was a shooting in a mosque in Zurich that left three wounded.

And this attack appears to be shaping up to be of the crazy persuasion. According to Swiss media ([here is a link in English](http://www.thelocal.ch/20161220/zurich-gunman-was-24-year-old-swiss)):

-The attacker was a 24-year old Swiss man and apparently was known to the police.  
-He was already being sought in connection with the stabbing death of a man whose body was discovered in a park on Sunday morning.  
-He “may have had links to the occult”, whatever that means.  
-The police says that after shooting the mosque he killed himself.

This one smells of madness to me.