Gunman Kills at Least 6 at Nursing Home in Croatia

A gunman killed at least six people and wounded six others on Monday morning at a home for older and infirm people in Croatia, the country’s police chief told reporters Monday afternoon. He said that the attacker had used a handgun and that a suspect was quickly arrested at a restaurant nearby.

The attack took place in Daruvar, a spa town of about 10,000 people in the country’s central region. It is about 62 miles southeast of Zagreb, the capital.

Five residents and one employee were killed, the police chief, Nikola Milina, said. Five died on the scene and one at the hospital. Mr. Milina said the handgun was not registered.

Andrej Plenkovic, Croatia’s prime minister, wrote on X that he was “appalled” by the killings. He expressed condolences to the families of the victims of the “terrible crime” as well as to those who were wounded in the attack.

President Zoran Milanovic of Croatia immediately called for stricter gun control after the attack, which he called a “savage, unprecedented crime” in a post on Facebook.

The police did not identify the suspect on Monday, but Mr. Milina said that he was a member of a military police unit and was known to the police.