2016 Zurich Islamic center shooting
| Zürich Islamic center shooting | |
|---|---|
Zürich Zürich (Canton of Zurich) Zürich Zürich (Switzerland) | |
| Location | 47°22′40″N 8°31′55″E / 47.3779°N 8.5319°E Zürich Islamic Center, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Date | 19 December 2016 5:30 p.m. (UTC+1) |
Attack type | Shooting, stabbing |
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| Deaths | 2 (including the perpetrator, and the man stabbed the day prior) |
| Injured | 3 |
| Perpetrator | Manuel O. |
| Motive | Unknown |
On 19 December 2016 in the Zürich Islamic Center in central Zürich, three people were injured when a gunman opened fire in the center, though all survived. The perpetrator, who had stabbed a former friend to death the day prior to the shooting, died by suicide after fleeing the scene.
The assailant was identified as Manuel O., a 24-year-old Swiss man of Ghanaian descent living in Uster who was known to have an interest in the occult. The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland claimed the attacker was motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment, though this was questioned by the gunman's family.