INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Six people have been killed and three more were wounded in a shooting in a hospital in the Czech Republic.The suspected gunman shot himself
as police approached his car after a huge manhunt that involved several hundred officers and two helicopters, officials said.Police said on
Twitter: "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."Image:Police officers outside the
hospital in OstravaThe 42-year-old man died from his injuries about half an hour later, interior minister Jan Hamacek said.He added there
was "no danger anymore" to the public.The motive for the hospital attack remains unclear.Officers said the gunman's mother was cooperating
with authorities.The shooting happened in one of the waiting rooms of the hospital in the eastern city of Ostrava.Prime Minister Andrej
Babis said the gunman was aiming at people's heads.He told a news conference: "He came home and announced he had shot people, and that he is
going to shoot himself."The gunman was identified as Ctirad Vitasek, who was a construction technician for AZ-Intergrips
The firm's chairman Ales Zygula confirmed the identity.Mr Zygula said Vitasek had been on medical leave for a month and a half, and that he
was convinced he was seriously ill and no one would cure him.Police said Vitasek had a criminal record, including violence and
theft.According to local reports, the shooting took place in the hospital's trauma unit
The nearby university is said to have been closed for the day, with lectures cancelled.The victims were four men and two women, none of them
Five died in the attack and another in surgery.Another man and a woman had to be operated on.Video footage from the hospital scene showed
police making an arrest but there was no confirmation on who that was.On Twitter, Czech Police said: "We are currently strengthening the
supervision of selected soft targets across the Czech Republic."The clinic was evacuated.Image:Police released this image of the suspect
walking through the hospitalImage:Police at a road blockade after tracking down the suspectPolice said they got the first call at 7.19am
local time, and the first patrols arrived at 7.24am
After the shooting, police launched the manhunt for the suspect and his grey Renault Laguna car.Adam Vojtech, the country's health minister,
told newspaper Lidovky it was a "huge tragedy".He is cutting short a trip abroad to return to the Czech Republic.Mr Babis has also cancelled
his day's programme to go to the hospital.Image:Police outside the hospital in OstravaThe president's spokesman, Jiri Ovacacek, expressed
condolences to the survivors, saying: "I am with you in my heart, I am thinking of you in these tragic hours."It is the worst shooting in
the country since 2015 when a man shot eight people dead and then killed himself in a restaurant in Uhersky Brod.
