TWO INJURED IN PRAGUE CENTRE SHOWDOWN
Prague Daily Monitor
March 10 2008
Czech Republic
Prague, March 8 (CTK) – Two unknown gunmen opened fire in Parizska
street in the centre of Prague Saturday afternoon, injuring two
Russian-speaking men and escaping from the spot of the incident,
Prague police spokeswoman Eva Brozova told CTK.
The incident took place around 16:00. The police are investigating
it on the spot.
Rescuers have treated the two injured. Both the 26-year-old man with
a leg injury and the 33-year-old man with an arm injury have been
taken to hospitals, each elsewhere in Prague.
Parizska street is popular among foreign tourists in Prague.
Connecting the Old Town Square with the Vltava embankment, it is
considered one of the city’s most luxurious streets, and also one of
the most expensive.
Last year downtown Prague saw several incidents involving shooting.
In April, a policeman shot at a suspected thief in Jindrisska street
and the ricocheting bullet injured a passer-by.
In July, the police shot two people suspected of extortion near the
Uhelny trh square.
In November, a car driver died in a gunman’s attack in the Vinohrady
neighbourhood. The police say the hired shooter mistook the driver
for the man he was supposed to kill within a conflict between Russian
and Armenian gangs in the Czech Republic.