Police hunt man after gunfire during clinic dispute in Pardubice
Police in the Czech city of Pardubice are searching for a man who fired a gas weapon during a dispute at a medical clinic on Wednesday; no one was hurt.
Police in Pardubice, in the Czech Republic, are searching for a man who fired a gas weapon during a dispute with another man at a medical clinic on Wednesday morning, police said. No one was injured.
The incident happened shortly after 10am on the ground floor of the Kolf polyclinic, in front of a family doctor's practice, iDNES.cz reported. Police spokeswoman Dita Holečková confirmed that a conflict between two men took place at the clinic, but said only that it was a gas weapon and gave no further detail on what caused the argument; iDNES.cz did not identify the doctor whose practice was nearby or say whether it was open to patients at the time.
A witness who saw the aftermath told iDNES.cz she heard a loud bang, as if something heavy had fallen, then saw two men run past a snack bar inside the building and out towards the nearby Palác Pardubice shopping centre; one of them was holding a weapon and shouting at the other. A bystander tried to stop the armed man but he got away, the witness said.
According to witnesses, the man with the weapon appeared to be in his mid-thirties and seemed surprised that the confrontation had escalated the way it did. Other witnesses at the shopping centre said they saw the pair running towards an upper floor, though none of them said they tried to intervene, iDNES.cz reported.
Blesk.cz reported, citing police, that officers were searching intensively for the man. The clinic continued to operate as normal afterwards, with patients still waiting for appointments by 11.30am, iDNES.cz said. Neither report said whether the two men knew each other before the confrontation, or whether either of them worked at the clinic.
What we know
- Police in Pardubice are searching for a man who fired a gas weapon during a dispute with another man at a clinic on Wednesday; no one was injured.
- The incident happened shortly after 10am on the ground floor of the Kolf polyclinic, in front of a GP's practice, iDNES.cz reported.
- Police spokeswoman Dita Holečková confirmed a conflict took place at the clinic but gave no further detail on its cause.
- A witness said the armed man and the other man ran towards the nearby Palác Pardubice shopping centre; a bystander tried and failed to stop him.
- The clinic continued to operate normally afterwards, iDNES.cz reported.
Not yet confirmed
- The exact cause of the dispute between the two men has not been reported.
- Whether the two men knew each other before the confrontation.
Why it matters for Europe
The clinic sits in the centre of Pardubice, directly behind the Palác shopping centre where witnesses later saw the men running, meaning the search played out in one of the city's busiest areas in the middle of a working day. The clinic itself kept seeing patients as normal within the hour, showing the disruption was contained to the immediate area around the confrontation.
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Questions and answers
- What happened at the clinic in Pardubice?
- Police said two men got into a dispute at the Kolf polyclinic on Wednesday morning, and one fired a gas weapon before fleeing; no one was injured.
- Was anyone hurt?
- No, police said no one was injured in the incident.
- Has the suspect been caught?
- Not according to the latest reports; Blesk.cz said police were searching intensively for the man, who fled towards the nearby Palác Pardubice shopping centre.
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