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Man Commits Suicide After Shooting Six Dead

  A man suspected of shooting six people dead in Zagreb took his own life on Friday after police tried to arrest him, Croatian authorities … Continue reading Man Commits Suicide After Shooting Six Dead


Police officers stand guard at a check point near the place where six people were shot dead in Zagreb on August 1, 2019. Croatian police launched a manhunt Thursday night after six people were found dead with gunshot wounds in a house in the capital Zagreb, state media reported. PHOTO: Denis LOVROVIC / AFP
Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint near the place where six people were shot dead in Zagreb on August 1, 2019. PHOTO: Denis LOVROVIC / AFP

 

A man suspected of shooting six people dead in Zagreb took his own life on Friday after police tried to arrest him, Croatian authorities said.  

Local media reported the suspect was the former spouse of one of the victims, who was killed along with her partner and four members of her family, including a child.

“The man linked to the crime was located and committed suicide during the arrest operation,” police said in a brief statement Friday.

Neighbours raised the alarm late Thursday night, police said, after hearing gunshots from the house in the Kajzerica area in the south of the capital.

The neighbourhood was sealed off and a manhunt launched.

The victims included “two men, three women, and a child”, Zagreb police chief Marko Rasic told reporters.

Another child found at the same house was unharmed, he added.

AFP