Drama in Prague: The aggressor stabbed two women. He also attacked the police, who shot him
A 34-year-old man stabbed two women in Novodvorská Street in Prague 4 on Saturday. The police subsequently tracked him down, but he was also aggressive towards them. They therefore had to use a service weapon against the attacker, who succumbed to a gunshot wound. Both women were taken to hospital, one of them is in a very serious condition.
The police intervened in Novodvorská street in Prague 4 on Saturday evening at around 19:00. According to information from CNN Prima NEWS, a man stabbed two women there and then attacked the policemen who were called. They used a service weapon against the aggressor and shot him.
“The police searched for the perpetrator, they tracked him down and had to use a firearm as a coercive tool, and the suspect succumbed to his injuries on the spot,” said Prague police spokesman Richard Hrdina.
After the shooting, the police immediately began to resuscitate the man, after which paramedics took over upon arrival. “Unfortunately, the injuries were very serious in the end and the man succumbed to them on the spot, despite all the efforts of the rescuers,” added Jana Poštová, spokeswoman for the rescue service.
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The emergency services took both women to the hospital. “The paramedics were treating two women on the spot. One was in a critical condition, so the paramedics put her into artificial sleep, provided an airway and intravenous access, administered medication and transported her to the Motol hospital. The second woman was much better, she was conscious the whole time and was subsequently transferred to Thomayer Hospital,” Poštová added.
The police will now investigate all the circumstances. “We are currently dealing with the entire case and there is no danger to anyone in the area. We have informed the GIBS police about the intervention,” they said on Twitter.
“I thought it was firecrackers, I was carrying rubbish to the bin and then they told me there was a shooting. There were a lot of police everywhere,” a witness described the incident.
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