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| Gunman kills six in Bosnian town | Gunman kills six in Bosnian town |
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| A man has shot dead at least six people near the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, police say. | A man has shot dead at least six people near the northern Bosnian town of Tuzla, police say. |
| One more person was seriously wounded in the shooting, which took place at about 0600 local time (0400 GMT). | One more person was seriously wounded in the shooting, which took place at about 0600 local time (0400 GMT). |
| The gunman, said to be 45 years old, reportedly killed three people in their homes and another three on a bus. | The gunman, said to be 45 years old, reportedly killed three people in their homes and another three on a bus. |
| The Tuzla region, in the Muslim-Croat Federation, is home to thousands of mainly Muslim (Bosniak) refugees displaced in the 1992-95 war. | |
| However, it was not clear if the man had any political motive. | However, it was not clear if the man had any political motive. |
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| Reports said the gunman was a forty-five year-old local man. It's not clear if the gunman had any political grudge. | Reports said the gunman was a forty-five year-old local man. It's not clear if the gunman had any political grudge. |
| Police and witnesses say he entered two family homes in the village of Gornja Lipnica, killing two people in the first and one in the second. | Police and witnesses say he entered two family homes in the village of Gornja Lipnica, killing two people in the first and one in the second. |
| He then entered a nearby bus, killing another three people and wounding the driver, before being arrested. | He then entered a nearby bus, killing another three people and wounding the driver, before being arrested. |
| Witnesses said the man was a local resident, who had been behaving strangely for some time and suffered from depression. | Witnesses said the man was a local resident, who had been behaving strangely for some time and suffered from depression. |