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It's been a sleepless night, we are all shaken,
said Damir Lnenicek, the mayor of Daruvar
The 51-year-old walked into the nursing home in Daruvar where he opened fire, with the intent to kill multiple people,
police saidI was stacking the medicines and then I heard gunshots,
a visibly shocked employee told state-run HRT television
I heard something that sounded like gunshots, but I wasn't sure
Antonio Demeter, an employee of the bookstore just across from the home, told AFPWe hid under a bed, the boss escaped through the window and then (we fled) through the window to the bookstore
the woman said through tears while sitting in a car_(cropped).jpg)
We are appalled by this heinous crime,
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic told reportersIt's hard for me to understand that this can happen in our town, country,
Daruvar mayor Damir Lnenicek told N1 regional broadcaster
It is a terrifying warning and a last call to all competent institutions to do more to prevent violence in society, including even more rigorous control of arms ownership,
said the presidentThis is an unprecedented crime,
Social Policy Minister Marin Piletic told reporters in DaruvarIt remains to be seen in the coming days why this has happened,
he addedWhat is the cause, the trigger, it is difficult to say. That will be determined by the investigation,
said Lnenicek,
People say that he was really aggressive, alcohol and all that,
Sutuga saidWe have my mom here, she is 90,
Nina Samot told Nova TVWe need to see how this could have happened,
Plenkovic saidAccording to the information we have the mother of the killer had been in the nursing home for 10 years,
Piletic said
This is really a monstrous act of the murder of a group of people, of the mother and other very old people who happened to be there,
he said
The person linked to the perpetration of the crime is under police custody,
police said in a statement
Our teams are still on the ground and the priority is to provide everyone with the necessary help, after that is done we will know the exact data on the number of victims,
he saidWe are appalled by the murder of five people in the Home for the Elderly in Daruvar, ... We express our condolences to the families of the victims and hope for the recovery of the wounded.”
Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic wrote on the social media platform X
We are shocked. It's a truly monstrous act, the murder of multiple people, of (the assailant's) mother and older people mostly born in the 1930s,
Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at a press conference in the seaside city of Split