According to foreign media reports such as the New York Times and CNN, on the 21st local time, according to the Czech police, a shooting occurred at Charles University in Prague, the capital, on the same day, killing at least 15 people and injuring 24 people, and the suspect has died. It was the worst mass shooting ever recorded in the Czech Republic.
The head of the Czech Police, Martin von Drášek, said at a press conference on the evening of the 21st that the shooting incident occurred in the afternoon of Charles University, killing at least 15 people, and another 24 people are being treated.
Czech Interior Minister Rakushan said at the same press conference that the rescue operation would last several hours and that there was no indication that the shooting was linked to international terrorism.
Police later posted on social media that the suspect had died in the incident and that his identity was still under investigation.
However, according to reports, the gunman may have been linked to other killings.
According to the Daily Mail, the gunman, 24-year-old David Kozak, was a student.
Kozak killed his father in the nearby town of Hostooun and then traveled to the Czech capital, where he began to strafe crowds from the balcony of a faculty member of the art department of Charles University. When the shots rang out, frightened students and tourists fled, while others huddled under the windowsills of tall buildings. There have been reports of a person dying by falling from a building while taking refuge.
Before he went on a killing spree, he was believed to have written in Russian on social platforms: "I want to do a school shooting, suicide if possible." ”
Prague Police Chief Martin von Drashek said police believe the gunman killed his father in his hometown of Hostone, west of Prague, earlier Thursday, and that he had been planning to commit suicide, according to the Associated Press. But he did not elaborate.
Late on Thursday, von Drashek said he was also suspected of killing another man and his 2-month-old daughter in Prague on Dec. 15 based on a search of the gunman's home.
As a result of the shooting at Charles University, the Czech government decided to designate December 23 as a national day of mourning, when flags will be lowered at half-mast in mourning.
Founded in 1348 by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Charles University is the oldest university in the Czech Republic and Central Europe, and the highest university in the Czech Republic.
Text 丨Reporter Leng Shuangtu 丨Foreign media
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Source: Yangcheng Evening News • Yangcheng faction