Petřvald shooting
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| Petřvald shooting | |
|---|---|
| Location | Petřvald, Czech Republic |
| Date | 8 March 2009 |
Attack type | Mass shooting, mass murder, murder–suicide |
| Weapon | Illegal semi-automatic pistol (exact model not known)[1] |
| Deaths | 5 (including the perpetrator) |
| Perpetrator | Raif Kačar |
On 8 March 2009, a mass shooting at the Sokol restaurant in Petřvald, Czech Republic. Raif Kačar, a 42-year-old Macedonian national, shot and killed four people who were celebrating a birthday party and then attempted suicide. The motive was personal disputes, and the weapon used, a semi-automatic pistol, was held illegally.[2] It was the first mass shooting to occur in the Czech Republic since its independence in 1993.
At about 1:00 a.m., Kačar entered the Sokol restaurant, where ten people in the restaurant were celebrating their fifteenth birthday. Immediately after entering, he began shooting at the occupants.[3] According to police, Kačar executed his victims at the scene. Four people were killed: his ex-girlfriend, her father and mother, and his ex-girlfriend's current boyfriend.[4]
The assailant died of his injuries in hospital in Ostrava four days later, on 12 March 2009.[5]