A gunman has opened fire at a restaurant in the Czech Republic, killing eight people before shooting himself dead, officials say.
The man burst into the restaurant in the eastern town of Uhersky Brod around lunchtime, “shooting indiscriminately”, the town’s mayor Patrik Kuncar said.
The incident is not believed to be terrorism related.
Several people were injured in the attack, with one woman said to have suffered serious chest wounds.
Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said the incident was the work of a “crazed individual”.
The gunman has been described as a local man aged 60.
The man burst into the restaurant in the eastern town of Uhersky Brod around lunchtime, “shooting indiscriminately”, the town’s mayor Patrik Kuncar said.
The incident is not believed to be terrorism related.
Several people were injured in the attack, with one woman said to have suffered serious chest wounds.
Czech Interior Minister Milan Chovanec said the incident was the work of a “crazed individual”.
The gunman has been described as a local man aged 60.
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