Via @r0eland pic.twitter.com/2rM5EzysYh outside the Czech restaurant in Uhersky Brod where at least 9 killed in shooting
— Ed Fraser (@frasereC4) February 24, 2015UHERSKY BROD, Czech Republic, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A lunchtime shooting Tuesday at a restaurant in the small town of Uhersky Brod, Czech Republic, has left nine people, including the alleged assailant, dead.
Town Mayor Patrik Kuncar described the unidentified alleged shooter, as a local man in his 60s who may have had mental issues. Unconfirmed reports in Czech media say the man brought two weapons into the Friendship Restaurant after talking by phone with a journalist at a local television station, who called the police, and that the gunman shot himself to death in the restaurant. The incident is not considered terrorist-related.
The gunman "has already been subdued," police spokesman Paval Bnedikt Stransky said.
About 25 people were in the restaurant at the time of the incident.
A spokesman for the Czech Interior Ministry confirmed eight people were dead, adding, "The shooter is also dead." He said Interior Minister Milan Chovanec was on his way to Uhersky Brod, a town of 17,500, which is 180 miles southeast of the city of Prague at the Czech-Slovakian border.
