ZAGREB, Croatia – An armed assailant entered a care home for older people in central Croatia Monday and opened fire, killing five people and wounding several others, authorities and media reports said.
“We are appalled by the murder of five people in the Home for the Elderly in Daruvar,” Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic wrote on the social media platform X. “We express our condolences to the families of the victims and hope for the recovery of the wounded.”
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 residents.
The attack has left the quiet town stunned and grieving.
The mayor of Daruvar, Damir Lnenicek, told N1 that everyone was shocked by the murder.
Daruvar is a spa town in the municipality of Slavonia, with a population of 8,500.
Croatian President Zoran Milanovic said he was “shocked” by “the savage, unprecedented crime.”
“It is a frightening warning and a last call to all competent institutions to do more to prevent violence in the society, including even more rigorous control of gun ownership,” he said.
Authorities are investigating the motive behind the attack.
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