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Ostrava hospital attack
Ostrava University Hospital
Attack site is located in Czech Republic
Attack site
Attack site
Attack site (Czech Republic)
LocationOstrava University Hospital, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Date10 December 2019
c. 7:15 a.m.
Attack type
Mass shooting, murder–suicide
WeaponsCZ 75B semi-automatic pistol[1][2]
Deaths8 (including the perpetrator)
Injured2[1]
PerpetratorCtirad Vitásek
MotiveUncertain (possibly hypochondriacal depression)[3]

The Ostrava hospital attack 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.[4][5][6] 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.[1] The perpetrator had three previous criminal convictions, including one for a violent crime,[5] and a previous hospitalization in a psychiatric ward.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "Střelec v ostravské nemocnici zabil šest lidí. Policie ho našla, je po smrti [A shooter in an Ostrava hospital killed six people. Police found him, he is dead]". idnes.cz (in Czech). 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Střelec z Ostravy byl stavební technik. Tvrdil, že je nemocný a že ho nikdo nechce léčit, říká jeho šéf". Hospodářské noviny. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Kdo byl střelec z ostravské nemocnice? Milovník fotbalu, stavař a revizor [Who was the Ostrava hospital shooter? Football lover, builder and transport ticket inspector]". novinky.cz. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Útok v Ostravě má sedmou oběť, těžce zraněná žena zemřela".
  5. ^ a b "Online reportáž: Střelba v ostravské nemocnici [Online report: Shooting in Ostrava hospital]". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Czech shooting: Gunman kills six at hospital in Ostrava". BBC News. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference novinky-psych was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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