More than 15 people were killed in a shooting at a Prague university, and the attacker’s body was found near the area of the attack, police announced. Police say the attacker is a student at the art academy of Charles University in Prague. The police chief said that the body of the attacker’s father was found earlier on Thursday.
The BBC reports, citing the police, that the attacker is a 24-year-old man from a village 21 kilometers from Prague.
The Czech police reported shortly after 3:00 p.m. that they had intervened due to a shooting at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University, on Jan Palach Square. The police then reported that the attacker was “eliminated”.
Interior Minister Vit Rakušan stated that there were no other attackers and that the danger had passed. Faculty employees and students were told to remain in their offices during the police intervention.
The square and its surroundings are closed. Charles University is located in the old part of the city, about 500 meters from the historic Charles Bridge.
The killer, who, according to the Czech media, is called David Kozak, allegedly announced earlier this week on the Telegram social network “how he hates the world and wants to leave behind as much pain as possible.”
The police are aware of this and it is also the subject of an investigation, according to the Aktaulne portal.
