Not less than 8 killed after gun man opens fire in a Czech restaurant

A gunman today, burst into Druzba restaurant in the Czech Republic and opened fire, killing at least eight people before shooting himself dead, officials say.

The restaurant's owner, Pavel Karlik, said the attacker had walked in to the property and started firing a handgun. 

"I immediately ran out through the back door, along with other guests who then called an ambulance and police," he said.

The gunman, described by a local to be in his 60s, had called a national television station before he started the attack.

Some 20 people were thought to have been in the restaurant at the time. It happened around lunch time.