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Shooting of the Mass Murderer in Uhersky Brod Restaurant Became a Major Milestone for the Police of the Czech Republic

HRINKO, Martin, Petra VRTALOVÁ, Tomáš ČINČALA and Jan VANTUCH

Basic information

Original name

Shooting of the Mass Murderer in Uhersky Brod Restaurant Became a Major Milestone for the Police of the Czech Republic

Authors

HRINKO, Martin (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petra VRTALOVÁ (203 Czech Republic), Tomáš ČINČALA (203 Czech Republic) and Jan VANTUCH (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Internal Security, 2024, 2080-5268

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50502 Criminology, penology

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Organization unit

CEVRO University

DOI

Keywords in English

active shooter safety soft target police psychological aspect
Změněno: 11/9/2024 15:55, doc. Ing. Martin Hrinko, Ph.D., MBA, LL.M.

Abstract

V originále

The article describes the attack of an active shooter in a restaurant in Uherský Brod in the Czech Republic in 2015, during which the attacker killed 8 people and shot himself after the attack. It brings interesting findings in this area and describes the application of the procedures of the Police of the Czech Republic in response to these attacks in the Czech Republic and in Europe, including the concept of survival of the attack and the deployment of first-line patrols. The article contains a view of a doctor from the field of psychiatry on the person of the attacker and psychological aspects of post-traumatic stress disorder of survivors and witnesses of the event.