Bratislava, Aug 30 (DPA) Six people were killed and 14 injured Monday in a shooting in the Slovak capital of Bratislava, the city’s medical rescue services confirmed.
Four women and two men died in the gunfire, which erupted about 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) in the city’s Devinska Nova Ves district, Dominika Sulkova, spokeswoman for medical services, told DPA.
She said that three people were in serious condition and undergoing surgery. A 3-year-old child was present during the shooting but was uninjured, she said.
The Czech news agency CTK reported that an unknown man, armed with a submachine gun and shotgun and allegedly under the influence of alcohol or narcotics, opened fire at people and windows.
The shooter’s motives were not immediately known. According to some unconfirmed reports, the man committed suicide, while other unconfirmed reports said that police captured the suspect.
‘A man, who boarded (a bus) here, said that some madman is shooting there,’ the Pravda daily’s website reported, citing a witness riding through the neighbourhood on a bus.
Ambulances and police rushed to the scene, and local authorities warned residents through a public address system to stay at home and away from windows.
