Roundup: Manhunt for Zurich mosque attacker ongoing: police

Swiss police are still looking for the man who carried out a shooting in a mosque located in the Swiss city of Zurich, local law enforcement authorities said Monday.

Three adult men were injured, some severely, by the gunman who entered the Mosque located in the center of Zurich at around 5:30 p.m. local time, opening fire randomly at people who were praying.

According to witnesses, the perpetrator is around 30 years old. The area in which the shooting took place is blocked off by police amid an ongoing search.

The police also confirmed on social media that it had found a dead body near the mosque, with parallel investigations ongoing as to whether this has anything to do with the shooting.

The incident comes amid a spree of attacks in both Turkey and Germany.

Russia's Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov was shot and killed at an art exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara Monday shortly before a truck ploughed into a crowd at a Berlin Christmas market, killing at least nine and injuring many more. Enditem