Police personnel outside the Ostrava Teaching Hospital after a shooting incident in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (Photo | AP)
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Czech police confirms suspected gunman kills himself after hospital rampage
'The 42-year-old man shot himself in the head before we took action, he's dead,' the police said.
PRAGUE: The man suspected of killing six people and injuring two in a Czech hospital on Tuesday morning is dead after shooting himself in the head, police said in a tweet.
"We have found the gunman. The 42-year-old man shot himself in the head before the police took action, he's dead," police said.
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Video footage and pictures published by public radio showed police arresting a person at the site but that person did not appear to be the shooting suspect.
Officials say people have been evacuated from the clinic.