The university student hit in the worst mass shooting in Czech history left 14 people dead and another 25 injured at Charles University in central Prague. committed suicide as authorities approached, authorities confirmed Friday.
The US media identified him as David K, and the identity of the shooter is expected to be clarified as David Kozak, 24 years old. At this time the information has not been confirmed by authorities.
Prague police chief Martin Vondraseka warned the death toll could rise as the condition of 10 of the injured remains serious. Three citizens are among the surviving foreign victims: two from the United Arab Emirates and one from the Netherlands, the Czech Foreign Ministry said. Affairs.
Deadly violence took place on Thursday afternoon in the building of the philosophy department of the University of Carolina, in the capital of the Czech Republic. Police said the gunman, who was just a 24-year-old philosophy student, started the crime against his companions, the class and the teacher before killing himself on the balcony of the building.
Vondrásek described the gunman as an excellent student with no criminal record and assured that authorities are also investigating whether the suspect, who had a permit to own eight weapons, was involved in the murder of a man and his two-month-old daughter in Prague on December 15 .
A few hours before the massacre, a friend of the gunman contacted authorities saying he was having suicidal thoughts and that she had been unable to contact him, according to the chronology of events provided by police.
When they went to the gunman’s home in Hostoun, west of Prague, authorities said, they found their father’s body, as well as an arsenal of weapons and explosives, The Guardian reported.
Shortly after 1:00 pm (local time), police began a nationwide search for the suspect and discovered that they had to attend a lecture at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts at 2:15 pm, resulting in hordes of officers rushing to the scene. That’s what the police say. They were already evacuating the campus when they heard the first gunshots around 3 p.m.
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Authorities They don’t believe anyone else was involved. It was what they called a “premeditated violent attack” that appeared to be inspired by similar shootings abroad.
The motive for the massacre remains under investigation, but Minister Vit Rakusan said police have discovered no links to any ideology or extremist group, adding that police worked through the night to identify the dead. Although authorities have not yet released names, the Institute of Musicology said its director, Lenka Hlávková, was among the dead.
This was preceded by the country’s worst mass shooting in 2015, when a gunman opened fire in the town of Uhersky Brod in the country’s southeast, killing eight people before killing himself. The recent massacre has plunged the Czech Republic into crisis Petr Fiala, the Czech Prime Minister, called for sensitivity on behalf of all those affected by the violence.
“The brutal attack has an impact on our entire society. We are experiencing a painful and sad moment. Our thoughts are with those directly affected by yesterday’s tragedy,” Fiala said in a statement on Friday, adding: “We must face this situation together. Please stay united in these difficult times.”
Source: La Neta Neta
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