Switzerland

GENEVA — A bus caught fire in a town west of the Swiss capital killing at least six people and three others were hospitalized with severe injuries, police said Tuesday.

Police spokesperson Frederic Papaux of Fribourg canton, or region, said an unspecified “voluntary act” could be the cause of the inferno Tuesday evening in the town of Kerzers, about 15 miles west of Bern.

Canada

Police look into gunfire at US consulate

TORONTO — Police in Canada searched Tuesday for two assailants who opened fire at the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto in an early-morning attack that damaged the outside of the building but did not cause any injuries.