Police rushed to the area and residents were warned to stay off the streets A gunman has opened fire at random in a street in Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, killing six people and injuring 14, local officials say.
Latest reports say four women and two men were killed in the incident, in the Devinska Nova Ves district, on the city’s north-western outskirts.
The Slovak daily SME said the attacker was believed to be a drug-influenced 15-year-old boy who shot at neighbours with an automatic weapon.
The shooter’s fate is not yet clear.
Police rushed to the scene and sealed off the area, but details of the shooting remain sketchy.
A three-year-old child was reportedly among the 14 injured taken to hospital.
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