Gunman shoots dead six people and injuries in a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava
Police officers are seen near the site of a shooting in front of a hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic on December 10, 2019.
Six people were killed in a shooting in a hospital in the eastern Czech Republic on Tuesday, the prime minister said.Video footage and pictures published by public radio later showed police arresting a person at the site but police didn't immediately confirm that it was the suspect. Prime Minister Andrej Babis told Czech public television the shooting took place in a waiting room. The attacker opened fire at people's heads from close range, Babis said.Officials initially also published a photo of a man in a red jacket they said was the suspect, but later said that person was an important witness.
The shooting happened around 0600 GMT on Tuesday morning in the University hospital in the city of Ostrava, located 350 kilometres east of Prague.Police are boosting security across the country.
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