At least six people died after a gunman entered a home for the elderly in Croatia on Monday and started shooting, according to the country’s public broadcaster. Five of those killed were residents of the home and one person was an employee, Croatian police chief Nikola Milina told reporters from Daruvar, HRT reported. - Zeljko Puhovski/Cropix/APThe gunman ran away but was later arrested near a cafe, according to HINA. “We are appalled by the murder of five people” in the home for the elderly, Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said in a post on social media, before the death of the sixth victim. Croatia’s Deputy Prime Minister Davor Božinović, Minister of Health Vili Beroš, and social policy minister Marin Piletić are travelling to Daruvar, the prime minister added.

Source: CNN July 22, 2024 12:29 UTC