ZAGREB, Croatia, July 22, (AP): An assailant entered an elderly care home on Monday in central Croatia, killing and wounding several people, Croatian police said. Media reports said five people were killed.
The Index news portal said five people died immediately, while others were still receiving medical assistance. The suspect fled the scene, but the police soon caught him in a cafe near the facility in the town of Daruvar, the report said.
Police said they were informed after 10 am Monday that a man using firearms killed and wounded several people at the nursing home. The suspect is "under police supervision,” said a statement by the regional police office.
The N1 regional television reported that the shooter was born in 1973, that he was a former fighter from the 1991-95 war in Croatia and a relative of one of the nursing home’s residents.
Daruvar is a spa town and municipality in Slavonia, with a population of 8,500 people.
Authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack.