Gunman Shoot down 15 at varsity in Prague
Gunman Shoot down 15 at varsity in Prague
PRAGUE: More than 15 people were killed in a shooting at a Prague university on Thursday, the police said, and the shooter’s body has also been found in the area.
The police said the shooter was a student at the faculty of arts at Charles University. Czech President Petr Pavel said he was “shocked” by the shooting at Prague’s Charles University.
“I am shocked by the events… I would like to express my deep regret and sincere condolences to the families and relatives of the victims claimed by the shooting,” Pavel, who is winding up a two-day visit to Paris on Thursday, said on X, formerly Twitter.
The shooting at a university in central Prague that killed more than 15 people was not linked to international terrorism, the Czech government said. Shooting not linked to ‘terrorism’: minister
“There is no indication that this crime has any link to international terrorism”, Interior Minister Vit Rakusan told reporters of the shooting at the Charles University’s building.
Czech police said shortly after 3pm that they were responding to the shooting at Charles University’s faculty of arts building in Jan Palach Square, before reporting the shooter had been “eliminated”.
The Prague emergency services department said on social platform X that 15 people had been killed including the gunman and several were seriously wounded.
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