Gunman kills eight in Czech restaurant then kills himself


  • World
  • Wednesday, 25 Feb 2015

A police vehicle is seen near the site of a shooting in the eastern Czech town of Uhersky Brod February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer

UHERSKY BROD, Czech Republic (Reuters) - A local man shot dead eight people in a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Tuesday and then killed himself, in the worst peacetime shooting in the country's history, officials said.

The interior minister said the attack was done by an "insane murderer" and was not an act of terrorism.

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