Czech police say man shot himself in head after hospital killings

10 Dec 2019 • 5:51 PM MYT
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A police officer is seen at a road blockade, as police checks cars after a shooting at Ostrava's University Hospital, near the Slovak-Czech border crossing in Bila, Czech Republic, December 10, 2019. — Reuters pic

PRAGUE, Dec 10 —  Czech police said a man had shot himself in the head in a car they had been looking for as part of a manhunt for an attacker who killed six people at a hospital in the eastern city of Ostrava.

“Police found the car, there was shooting heard from the site. We are establishing the identity of the man who shot himself in the head before the police action,” the police said on Twitter. — Reuters