A gunman has shot dead six people, including his mother, and injured six others in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, a media report said on Tuesday.
The gunman entered a nursing home in a quiet Croatian town on Monday and opened fire, killing six people, including his mother, the Associated Press reported.
The news agency quoted the national police chief as saying: “Five people died immediately and another died in a hospital. Five were residents and one was an employee. At least six other people were wounded, four seriously.”
Nikola Milina added the suspect fled but police caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar. Authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack.
N1 regional television reported that the suspect, born in 1973, was a former policeman who took part in the 1991-95 war in Croatia and was decorated as a war veteran.
Officials said he was known to police after causing several incidents in the past.
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