A 24-year-old Czech student went on a shooting rampage at his Prague university, killing 15 people and injuring at least 24 others.
Czech Police Chief Martin Vondrášek shared the shooting occurred at Charles University in central Prague.
Authorities stated, “We have very fresh unconfirmed information from an account on a social network that he was supposedly inspired by one terrorist attack in Russia in the autumn of this year.”
The name of the shooter has yet to be released.
At least 15 people killed in Prague university shooting https://t.co/Bd3olO5RUn pic.twitter.com/fKLEz2g69I
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Footage released of the Prague shooter opening fire from the rooftop of Prague University. pic.twitter.com/ziChg1nmMO
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Per Reuters:
A 24-year old Czech student killed more than 15 people and wounded at least 24 others at his Prague university on Thursday before he was “eliminated”, police said, in what was the country’s worst-ever mass shooting.
Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said authorities was tipped off earlier in the day the man was likely heading to Prague from his town in the Kladno region outside the capital with intentions of taking his own life. Shortly after that, the shooter’s father was found dead.
Police evacuated a Charles University Faculty of Arts building where the shooter was due to attend a lecture, but then were called in at the faculty’s different building, arriving within minutes after reports of the shooting came in, Vondrasek said.
“We have very fresh unconfirmed information from an account on a social network that he was supposedly inspired by one terrorist attack in Russia in the autumn of this year,” Vondrasek told reporters, adding the shooter was a legal holder of several firearms.
Students hiding during a shooting at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/qN0Ns46OCM
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BBC reported the shooter culd be connected to several shootings that occured last week:
The Czech Republic’s interior minister and police have been speaking at a news conference, where they said officers are working on the theory that today’s shooter was responsible for the deaths of two people last week in the Klanovicky forest near Prague.
They believed the shooter – who has no criminal history – chose his victims at random.
Officials also confirmed that 14 people were shot dead in Prague today and 25 were injured, with 10 seriously wounded.
NEW – Footage show students jumping off the window during university shooting in Prague. Shooter identified as David Kozak
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