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| Gunman kills relatives in Bosnia | Gunman kills relatives in Bosnia |
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| A Bosnian Croat man shot dead six of his own relatives in a village near the north Bosnian town of Tuzla before being arrested by police. | A Bosnian Croat man shot dead six of his own relatives in a village near the north Bosnian town of Tuzla before being arrested by police. |
| Police reportedly stopped the gunman, 45, as he tried to reload his pistol after killing three people in their homes and three on a bus. | Police reportedly stopped the gunman, 45, as he tried to reload his pistol after killing three people in their homes and three on a bus. |
| A seventh person was seriously wounded in the attacks, which took place at about 0600 (0400 GMT). | A seventh person was seriously wounded in the attacks, which took place at about 0600 (0400 GMT). |
| Police said they were still trying to establish a motive for the attack. | Police said they were still trying to establish a motive for the attack. |
| Police and witnesses say Tomislav Petrovic 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 Tomislav Petrovic entered two family homes in the village of Gornja Lipnica, killing two people in the first and one in the second. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| The victims' ages ranged from 48 to 50, a police spokesman was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. | The victims' ages ranged from 48 to 50, a police spokesman was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency. |
| Witnesses said he had been behaving strangely for some time and suffered from depression. | Witnesses said he had been behaving strangely for some time and suffered from depression. |
| The Tuzla region, in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation, is home to thousands of mainly Muslim (Bosniak) refugees displaced in the 1992-95 war. | The Tuzla region, in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat federation, is home to thousands of mainly Muslim (Bosniak) refugees displaced in the 1992-95 war. |