What the records say
- When
- 10 Dec 2019
- Kind
- Shooting
- Killed
- 7
- Coordinates
- 49.83° N, 18.16° E
- Description
- mass shooting in the Czech Republic
- Injured
- 2
Ostrava hospital shooting
2019 mass shooting in the Czech Republic
The Ostrava hospital shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 10 December 2019 at the Ostrava University Hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic. A total of seven people were killed in the attack, and two others were injured. The illegally armed perpetrator, 42-year-old Ctirad Vitásek, left the scene before the police arrived and committed suicide as police closed in on him later during the day.
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