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Petřvald Shooting
On 8 March 2009, a mass shooting at the Sokol restaurant in Petřvald (Karviná District), 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 was held illegally. It was the first mass shooting to occur in the Czech Republic since its Dissolution of Czechoslovakia, 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. 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. The assailant died of his injuries in hospital in Ostrava four days later, on 12 March 2009. References {{Coord, 49, 49, 55.54, N, 18, 23, 33.19, E, display ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petřvald (Karviná District)
Petřvald (; ; ) is a town in Karviná District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. Geography Petřvald is located east of Ostrava, in its immediate vicinity. It lies in the Ostrava Basin lowland in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The highest point is at above sea level. History The creation of the village was a part of a larger settlement campaign taking place in the late 13th century on the territory of what will be later known as Upper Silesia. The settlement was first mentioned in a Latin document of Diocese of Wrocław called ''Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis'' from 1305 as ''Petirwalde''. Politically the village belonged initially to the Duchy of Teschen, ruled by a local branch of Piast dynasty. In 1327 the duchy became a fee of Kingdom of Bohemia, which after 1526 became part of the Habsburg monarchy. The village became a seat of a Catholic parish, mentioned in the register of Peter's Pence pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |