US man hunted over Czech family murders

Police in the Czech Republic are searching for a California man suspected of killing four members of a family in the southern city of Brno.

Police officials said on Thursday that the suspect, named as Kevin Dahlgren, may be armed and dangerous, Reuters reported.

“(The suspect) goes by the name Kevin Dahlgren on social networks, lives in California and speaks only English,” the police said in an online statement.

The bodies of the four victims, identified by neighbors as a married couple and their two sons, were discovered overnight after a blaze broke out in their home.

Police spokeswoman Petra Vedrova said the victims were a family but declined to give any further details.

The 20-year-old suspect is thought to have set the house on fire after killing the family.

Czech media report that Dahlgren was an English teacher who had only recently moved to Brno, 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of the capital Prague.