Two shooting incidents in Basel

Police in canton Basel Country are investigating two shooting incidents.

Yesterday morning three men in a French registered car shot several times and hit a 57-year-old numerous times. The car raced off and police are still searching for it. The man was taken to hospital. 

But a few hours earlier – around 20 km away in the town of Gelterkinden – some shots were fired at an apartment building. 

Police say they don’t believe the two incidents are connected, but investigations are ongoing. 

They’re asking for witnesses. 

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