Shooting spree shakes Slovakia

A heavily-armed man went on a killing spree in the outskirts of Bratislava on Monday, murdering a Roma family of five and two other people and wounding a dozen bystanders before turning his weapon on himself. The liberal daily Sme writes that such images are only known from films or the CNN: "But on Monday it happened here. The murders of Devínska Nová Ves are a tragedy. It is the duty of the state to investigate the motive as quickly as possible and to do all it can to prevent such occurrences from being repeated. Regardless of the fact that that is very difficult, practically impossible even, faced with a crazed marksman. Until now we can only speculate. Where did he get the weapons? What pushed him to commit this ghastly act? ... But the key question is simply: how can the inhabitants of Devínska Nová Ves, our Roma and all of society be reassured?"

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