Gunman Kills Six in Czech Hospital Waiting Room Before Shooting Himself

Gunman Kills Six in Czech Hospital Waiting Room Before Shooting Himself
A man embraces a woman as she reacts outside the University Hospital, which was the site of a shooting, in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Dec. 10, 2019. Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters
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OSTRAVA, Czech RepublicA 42-year-old gunman killed six people on Dec. 10 at a hospital waiting room in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava before fleeing and fatally shooting himself, police said.

It was the worst shooting incident in the Czech Republic, where gun crime is relatively rare, since a man shot eight people dead and then killed himself at a restaurant in Uhersky Brod in 2015.