The bodies of three people were discovered near a train station in the Swiss Alps town of Wilderswill on Monday, police said, amid reports of a murder-suicide.

The bodies of three people were discovered near a train station in the Swiss Alps town of Wilderswill on Monday, police said, amid reports of a murder-suicide.

Police said they had been alerted to the presence of the bodies in the town near the popular tourist destination of Interlaken at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), but gave no further details.

Media reported though that two men and one woman, all Portuguese citizens, had been killed.

Police, who did not immediately confirm the reports, had blocked off a large area around the crime scene,

Train cars and buses had reportedly been moved into place to block visibility of the scene from a nearby school.