On this date,
September 27, 2001, an angry, unstable gunman, Friedrich
Leibacher, shot and killed 15 people including himself in the
cantonal parliament of Zug. The event became known as the Zug Massacre.
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Mourners place candles
and flowers on the steps to Zug's Parliament building
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The
Zug massacre took place on September 27, 2001 in the city of Zug (Canton
of Zug, Switzerland) in the canton's parliament. Fourteen
people were shot dead by Friedrich Leibacher, who killed himself shortly
after the crime.
In
the years before the massacre, Leibacher drew attention to himself by an
intense use of lawsuits. These were dismissed, so he assumed he was being
persecuted by the state, thus he felt he had to resort to the crime.
He
was armed with a civilian version of a Stgw 90 (Swiss Army
assault
rifle), a SIG Sauer pistol, a pump-action shotgun, and a revolver, and
he wore a home-made police vest. Leibacher was able to enter the parliament
building without problem.
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