A man has died and two others were injured in a shooting incident on Wednesday in an industrial zone in the town of Buchs, about 20 kilometres north of Zurich.
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The police said it appeared that the dead man had shot at the other two before killing himself.
One of the injured is in a serious condition, while the other was only slightly wounded.
The shooting occurred in a sanitary equipment business, which employs 27 people.
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