A mass shooting in downtown Prague killed 15 people and injured about 30 others, and the person who opened fire also is dead, Czech police and the city’s rescue service said Thursday.
Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of the gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They said officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square.
The philosophy department of Charles University, which is located in the square, was evacuated, Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda said.
Prague’s police chief says an armed man who killed at least 15 people was a student at a university where the mass shooting took place.
Chaos in Prague as a shooter (David Koza) who eventually committed suicide opened fire on students at the Charles University.
4 students have died, one of which fell off the building’s window ledge, where they were desperately trying to take cover. pic.twitter.com/R1gran9LiO
— Rami Jarrah (@RamiJarrah) December 21, 2023
Police and the Czech Republic’s interior ministry earlier said the suspect was dead. He has not been named publicly.
Officers sealed off Jan Palach Square and evacuated the philosophy department building of Charles University, which is where the shooting took place
They are still searching the area, including the building’s balconies, for possible explosives.
The police department said the square has been sealed off. It urged people to leave the surrounding streets and stay inside.
