GENEVA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed in a shoot-out near the financial district of Swiss city of Zurich, local police said Friday.

Police said they had deployed a large contingent of security forces to respond to a downtown crime scene near the main railway station.

One of the victims was still alive when the police arrived at the crime scene, but she succumbed to her injuries shortly after that, said the police.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.