8 dead, 14 wounded in Slovakia shooting
8 dead, 14 wounded in Slovakia shooting
By Richard Allen Greene
August 30, 2010
A gunman killed eight people and wounded 14 in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, on Monday morning, officials said.
The state news agency TASR, citing the interior minister and police corps president, said seven people were killed in the shooting; a spokeswoman for University Hospital of Bratislava said one of the wounded had died.
After being cornered by the police, the gunman shot and killed himself, Slovak Interior Minister Daniel Lipsic and Police Corps President Jaroslav Spisiak told reporters near the crime scene.
The shooting took place in the Bratislava neighborhood of Devinska Nova Ves, TASR reported.
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I am not familiar with the country, but in every movie that I have seen Bratislava represented, it’s not been a good image. Such as Hostel, and then Euro Trip. Some of the comments on the article are interesting, about how the country has been exploited.
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