Gunman kills seven in rampage
A gunman, who went on the rampage in Slovakia's capital of Bratislava yesteday, killed seven people and wounded 15 before committing suicide.
Five of the dead were members of a Roma family who lived in an
apartment where the man began his attack with a machine gun and two pistols, said Interior Minister Dusan Lipsic. Roma gypsies often face discrimination in eastern Europe, but Mr Lipsic and the local police chief said the unidentified gunman's motive was not known. Another man shot and killed outside the building was 'probably' from the same family, Mr Lipsic said.
Officers, were later continuing their work near the building in a run-down district of the city having cordoned off an area that included a nursery and a supermarket.