Police officers control a bus near Saint Maurice, as they search for a gunman who killed two people and injured another in the southern Swiss town of Sion, on December 11, 2023. – A massive police operation was underway to find the 36-year-old man behind the mass shooting, a rare event in the wealthy Alpine nations. Police said he had fired shots at people in two distinct locations in the picturesque town in the Alpine Wallis region shortly before 8 am (0700 GMT). “Two people were killed and another was injured,” regional police said in a statement, adding that the man’s motives for carrying out the shootings remained unknown. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)