The perpetrator of the shooting in Prague, which left at least fifteen dead and more than twenty injured, was a student at Charles University.
At least 15 people were killed in an attack and another 24 were injured, nine of them seriously, in Thursday’s shooting at Prague’s Charles University, police chief Martin Vondracek said.
The attacker is also among the 24-year-old dead, Vondrácek added in a press appearance, who shot himself in the school hallway as police chased him.
The police ruled out that he was a terrorist. According to local media reports, it could be a university student at the university.
“At this time we have no information that the perpetrator is linked to a terrorist organization,” the police said on social media.
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Local media also reported that the attacker’s father was found dead in the city of Houston on Thursday morning.
“We soon discovered it [el muerto] “He was the father of the suspect,” the head of the Czech police investigation, Martin Vondrasek, said, according to Ceske Noviny news agency. The official added that the only person responsible for the shooting was a university student.
Interior Minister Vit Rakusan told public television that the situation was under control and there was no indication of a second gunman.
At 5:30 PM local time (4:30 PM GMT), the building was completely evacuated and all injured people were transferred to various hospitals in the capital, where the Ministry of Health implemented a plan to care for those affected.
Experts carried out pyrotechnic inspections at the adjacent premises of the Czech Philharmonic and Faculty of Industrial Arts (UMPRUM) to identify possible risks of an accident, but ruled out findings.
In this context, Minister Rakusan called on the public to follow the instructions of the police, who closed several access roads to the crime scene and also to the famous spot. Charles Bridge.
Carolina University, one of the oldest in Europe, is located very close to Jan Palach Square, one of the most touristy areas in the center of Prague.
(With information from EFE and Europa Press)
Source: La Neta Neta
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