Five people were killed on Monday at a home for the elderly in Mazuranic Street in the Croatian town of Daruvar, local media reported.

Unofficial sources reported that a man entered the home for the elderly and started shooting.

According to initial information, five people were killed at the scene, and some are still receiving medical assistance.

Media reports add that the killer fled after the killing spree, but the police arrested him near a café.

They also add that sirens of all emergency services are echoing throughout Daruvar.

Police Director: Shooter had an unregistered firearm

“At 10:18 AM, the first report of the shooting came in, and there were several other reports. The Daruvar police station immediately dispatched all available forces and they managed to promptly identify the location and the perpetrator,” Milina told the press.

At the scene, it was confirmed that five people were dead, he said, adding that the Virovitica hospital later reported another fatality, bringing the total to six dead and six injured.

Five of the those killed were residents of the home, and one was a staff member. The other residents have been relocated to a veterans centre.

The police investigation is still ongoing, Milina said, adding that before the shooting was reported, the police had received no information about the movements of a man with a firearm and underlined that it was too early to speculate on the killer’s motives.

Milina said the police had dealt with this man three times between 2012 and last month – in 2012 and last month for disturbing the peace, and in 2004 for domestic violence.

“In the June incident, a person was seriously injured, and the criminal investigation is not yet over. At that time, there was no information about any weapons. I can’t immediately say that the system failed. We need to see the outcomes of those police actions, which will certainly be the subject of more precise investigation.”

Asked if it was true that the perpetrator had been a member of the military police, Milina said he could only confirm that he had been a member of a unit.

State Attorney General Ivan Turudic, who also arrived at the scene, said the owner of the home was among those injured.

Asked if possession of firearms should be punished more severely, he said that in countries where penalties had been drastically increased, the number of such crimes had not decreased.

“It should be more certain that a perpetrator will be found, arrested, and prosecuted,” he said, declining to comment on President Zoran Milanovic’s call for stricter control of firearm possession.