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Gunman Kills 6 In Attack Inside Czech Hospital's Waiting Room

The shooting set off a manhunt that ended when the suspected gunman killed himself as police were closing in on him. Three people were also injured.
Police officers guard the doors of a teaching hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic, after a gunman carried out a mass shooting in its waiting room Tuesday morning.

A man shot and killed six people at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava early Tuesday morning, setting off a manhunt that ended when the suspected

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