Rivera massacre

1992 mass shootings in EuropeFamily murdersMass shootings in SwitzerlandSpree shootings in Switzerland

The Rivera massacre was a spree shooting that occurred on 4 March 1992, in several towns in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. Erminio Criscione, an Italian emigrant, shot six people dead and wounded six others. He hanged himself while in custody five days later.

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Rivera massacre
Via Arbüstel, Circolo di Capriasca

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Via Arbüstel
6945 Circolo di Capriasca
Ticino, Switzerland
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