Petřvald shooting
| 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]
References
- ^ "Čtyřnásobný vrah z Petřvaldu zemřel v nemocnici - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2009. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Muž zastřelil čtyři lidi a pak vystřelil na sebe" [Tragedy in Petřvald: a man shot four people and then shot at himself] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Petřvald: Čtyři mrtví na rodinné oslavě, po zavražděné dívce zůstala holčička" [Petřvald: Four dead at a family celebration, a girl left behind after a murdered girl] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "VIDEO: Muž na Karvinsku zastřelil na oslavě expřítelkyni s partnerem a rodiči" [VIDEO: Man shoots ex-girlfriend with partner and parents at party in Karviná region] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Makedonec, který v Petřvaldu zastřelil čtyři lidi, zemřel" [Macedonian man who shot four people dead in Petřvald] (in Czech). Retrieved 1 January 2024.