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| Prague shooting: Student kills 15, injures 24 at historic Charles University | ||
| 2023-12-22 | ||
The shooter, a student at the university, was subsequently "eliminated" by the police. Earlier on the same day, the shooter's father was found dead. Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda expressed the unsettling reality, stating, "Now it turns out that, unfortunately, our world is also changing, and the problem of the individual shooter is emerging here as well." Eyewitness Petr Nedoma, director of the Rudolfinum Gallery, recounted seeing the shooter with an automatic weapon on a gallery, firing towards the Manes Bridge. The assailant eventually surrendered by putting his hands up and discarding the weapon on the street. Police swiftly sealed off the area, and ambulances lined up to attend to the maimed. A witness described the terrifying moments, recalling, "It was scary, there were a lot of coppers everywhere, who were shouting at us with submachine guns, telling us to run outside."
“At the moment I can confirm 14 victims of this terrible crime and 25 wounded. Ten of them are in serious condition,” Vondraszek said. Information that the shooter committed suicide was also confirmed by the police. As reported by IA Regnum , the shooter at the University of Prague was a student at the Faculty of Philosophy. A 24-year-old student, David Kozak was previously wanted in connection with a suspected murder in the village of Kladno. At this time, nothing is known about the shooter's motives. He had no accomplices. | ||
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