Suspected Gunman in Croatia Nursing Home Killings Charged on 11 Counts, Including Murder

Suspected Gunman in Croatia Nursing Home Killings Charged on 11 Counts, Including Murder
Detained suspect retired military police officer Kresimir Pahoki is assisted by police as he is transferred for interrogation in Bjelovar, central Croatia, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. The suspected gunman in a mass shooting at a nursing home in Croatia is facing 11 criminal charges, including murder, after he was accused of killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding as many more, police said on Tuesday. Damir Krajac/Cropix via AP
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ZAGREB, Croatia—A suspected gunman in a shooting at a nursing home in Croatia is facing 11 criminal charges, including murder, after he was accused of killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding as many more, police said on Tuesday.

The carnage stunned Daruvar, a spa town of some 8,500 people in central Croatia and sent shock waves throughout the European Union country where such shootings have been rare despite many weapons left over from war in the 1990s.