“At the moment we're all in a state of shock,” Urs Fluder, a manager at Kronospan, told Radio Pilatus, a local station. “We will see that the families are properly informed,” he added.
Gun ownership is widespread in Switzerland, thanks to liberal regulation—a 2012 referendum to tighten controls failed—and a long-standing tradition for men to keep their military rifles after completing compulsory military service.
An estimated 2.3 million firearms are owned by the country's 8 million people.
