Several dead and injured in explosion at Swiss ski resort town Crans-Montana, police say | Switzerland

Several people have been killed and others injured when an explosion ripped through a bar in the luxury Alpine ski resort town of Crans-Montana, Swiss police said early on Thursday.

“There has been an explosion of unknown origin,” Gaetan Lathion, a police spokesperson in Wallis canton in southwestern Switzerland, told AFP.

“There are several injured, and several dead.”

He said the explosion took place at about 1:30am (0030 GMT) in a bar called Le Constellation, which is popular with tourists, as revellers rang in the new year.

The BBC also reported that several people were killed and others injured in the blast, citing police.

Images published by Swiss media showed a building in flames, and emergency services nearby.

This is a developing story…