gunman killed eight people today at a cafe in Uhersky Brod, about 180 miles southeast of Prague.
coordinated assaults by Islamist extremists in Paris in 2015 remaining 131 individuals useless, which include limits on the non-public use of semiautomatic rifles — a go the Czech Republic fought in courtroom.
The Czech Republic submitted a lawsuit, arguing that lawfully held weapons experienced no relationship with the struggle in opposition to terrorism, and that the controls would discriminate from hunters. The Czech Parliament afterwards authorised legislation that put gun owners’ legal rights in the nationwide Constitution.
The Czech Republic lost the lawful fight very last 7 days, when the European Union’s major court docket dismissed its obstacle. It was unclear what kind of firearm the attacker employed on Tuesday.
The suspect died about fifty percent an hour just after he shot himself, the interior minister, Jan Hamacek, explained, in accordance to The A.P. He extra that a manhunt for the suspect experienced incorporated two helicopters.
“I’d like to guarantee the general public that there is no hazard any more,” Mr. Hamacek mentioned.
Hana de Goeij contributed reporting.
