Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 10 Dec 2019, 05:38 am Print
Prague: At least six people were killed in a shooting incident in a hospital in Czech Republic on Tuesday, media reports said.
The gunman is still at large.
He opened fire in the waiting room of the hospital, reports said.
Officers were called to the hospital in the north-eastern city of Ostrava at 07:19 (06:19 GMT) on Tuesday, police told BBC.
A part of the hospital has been locked down following the incident.
"The police are intensively searching for the perpetrator," police warned, adding that the site in the Moravian-Silesian Region had been "secured", reported BBC.
Prime Minister Andrej Babis has confirmed the death of six people.
Police have started their operation.
The hospital in Ostrava is located around 300km from eastern Prague city.
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