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Angry Geneva senior shoots partygoing prison guard

Malcolm Curtis
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Angry Geneva senior shoots partygoing prison guard

A 78-year-old man is under arrest in Geneva for allegedly shooting a man in the stomach after a dispute with late-night revellers near his home in the Old Town.

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Upset about the noise they were making outside his apartment at around 4.30am, the senior citizen yelled out from his window to tell them to quieten down, according to a cantonal police report.

The group, who had just left a nearby club called Le Petit Palace, ignored his request and one of them threw a stone at the window.

Following an angry exchange of words, the man responded by using a handgun to fire in the air and then at the partygoers, amid the cobbled streets of the historic quarter.

In the process, a 28-year-old man was wounded in the stomach, police said.

The man, identified as a prison guard, was taken to the emergency ward of the cantonal hospital.

His life is not believed to be in danger.

Police arriving on the scene established a security perimeter around the apartment building where the elderly man lived.

After police negotiated with the senior, he gave himself up without resistance.

An investigation into the case continues.

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