Uherský Brod shooting
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The Uherský Brod shooting occurred on 24 February 2015 at the Družba restaurant in the town of Uherský Brod, Czech Republic.[3] Nine people were killed, including the gunman, 63-year-old Zdeněk Kovář, who committed suicide after a standoff with police that lasted nearly two hours.[4] In addition, one other person was injured.[5] Uherský Brod is 260 kilometers (160 miles) east-southeast of the Czech capital Prague.[6]
Uherský Brod shooting | |
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Location | Družba restaurant, Uherský Brod, Zlín Region, Czech Republic |
Date | 24 February 2015 c. 12:30 p.m. – 14:23 p.m. |
Attack type | Mass shooting, murder–suicide |
Weapons | |
Deaths | 9 (including the perpetrator) |
Injured | 1 |
Perpetrator | Zdeněk Kovář[2] |
Prior to the 2020 Bohumín arson attack and the 2023 Prague shooting, the shooting was one of the two deadliest mass murders in the country's modern peacetime history, alongside a 1973 vehicular rampage committed by Olga Hepnarová.[7] The circumstances of the shooting led to an examination of gun politics in the Czech Republic and police rules of engagement against active shooters.[8] Czech media speculated that the rampage may have been triggered by an apparent attempt of the authorities to review Kovář's mental state.[9]