BRATISLAVA, March 2, (WEBNOVINY) – Lubomir Harman, the infamous shooter from the Bratislava residential area of Devinska Nova Ves, who shot dead seven people before killing himself, was intoxicated at the time of the tragedy. “The expert report states that he was in a state of slight drunkenness at the time of the act,” Interior Ministry spokesman Gabor Grendel told SITA. Harman had 0.5 promille of ethanol in his blood. According to the toxicological and chemical examination, he also abused acetone shortly before the tragedy. 0.14 promille of acetone, which can get into the body via inhaling, was found in his blood and 0.85 in his urine.
The ministry also reported that the first wound on his body was a perforating wound of the thorax, caused by a policeman. According to the police, Harman would have died within several seconds or minutes, if he had not shot himself subsequently. “This case also shows that the police using submachine guns ‘vz. 58’ can save human lives in urban areas,” said Interior Minister Daniel Lipsic.
The expert opinion definitely discounted the possibility that the police could have shot or wounded other people. “Unlike the perpetrator, the police had to consider the lives and health of innocent civilians. The conclusions of the expert report prove that they did their job well and deserve acknowledgment from not only the representatives of their department, but from the entire society,” Lipsic evaluated.
On August 30 of last year, Lubomir Harman, a resident of the Bratislava residential area of Devinska Nova Ves, shot a five-member family to death in its apartment, another relative on his way to visit the family, and a stray shot killed the seventh victim in one of the nearby residential houses. The shooter died in the police operation, too, after having injured fifteen other people.
SITA