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Gunman at Hospital in Czech Republic Kills at Least 6 Shooting at Czech Hospital Kills Leaves at Least 6 Dead
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PRAGUE — An attacker shot and killed six people and seriously injured two others on Tuesday at close range in a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, the authorities said, and there were fears the toll could rise. A gunman killed six people on Tuesday after opening fire at close range in a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, and the police said a man who was in a car they were searching for killed himself in the vehicle as officers closed in.
The police said on Twitter that they were searching for the gunman after the attack, the country’s deadliest in four years, at the University Hospital in Ostrava, about 220 miles east of Prague, after responding to calls at 7:19 a.m. The police said on Twitter that several hours after the shooting at University Hospital in Ostrava, a man in a silver-gray car shot himself in the head after officers fired at his vehicle. It was not yet clear whether he was the same man who had carried out the attack in Ostrava, which is about 220 miles east of Prague.
A photograph of the assailant was released, but he was not identified and the motivation for the attack was not clear. The public broadcaster Czech Television reported that the police had taken a man out of the hospital in handcuffs, but his connection to the attack was unclear. Prime Minister Andrej Babis called the attack a “great tragedy,” though much remained unclear, including the identity of the gunman and his motive.
The shooting was the worst in the Czech Republic since 2015, when a gunman killed eight people at a restaurant in Uhersky Brod, about 180 miles southeast of Prague. At least two people were seriously wounded in the shooting, the authorities said. The Associated Press reported that the clinic was evacuated and that the police had tightened security across the country.
The shooting was the country’s deadliest since 2015, when a gunman killed eight people at a restaurant in Uhersky Brod, about 180 miles southeast of Prague.
The public broadcaster Czech Television reported that the police had taken a man out of the hospital in handcuffs, but his connection to the attack was unclear.
Hana de Goeij contributed reporting.