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Mass shooting at Prague University – at least fifteen dead

According to rescue workers, fifteen dead people have been found at the scene.

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There has been a shooting at an educational institution located in the center of the Czech capital, Prague. According to rescue workers on the spot, there are at least fifteen dead. Among them is the suspected shooter.

According to the police, there are at least 24 wounded. Eleven of them are said to be seriously wounded.

This is what is known about the case:

  • At least 15 people have died in a mass shooting in the Czech capital, Prague.
  • The suspected shooter is also among the dead.
  • According to the police, there are at least 24 wounded.
  • The shooter was a 24-year-old university student.
  • The exact motive of the act is not yet known.
  • Currently, it is not known that there are any Finns among the dead or injured.

    • Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic Vit Rakusan confirms that the shooter has been killed. According to Rakusan, the shooter acted alone.

    According to the police, the shooting took place at a school located in the area of ​​Jan Palachi Square.

    The shooter is said to have been a 24-year-old university student. Earlier on Thursday, the police found the shooter’s father dead.

    The exact motive of the act is not yet known. The police suspect that the shooter was inspired by previous bloodshed abroad. The case is not believed to be connected to international terrorism.

    of the mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svobodan The building of the Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University has been evacuated.

    According to the Reuters news agency, the university has sent an email to students and staff stating that shots had been fired in the building. The message told students and staff to stay put, lock room doors, place furniture in front of doors and turn off lights.

    Mass shootings are rare in the Czech Republic. Most recently, in 2019, a 42-year-old man shot six people in a hospital waiting room in the city of Ostrava.

    There are also Finns at the university

    Finland’s ambassador to the Czech Republic Pasi Tuominen According to However, some of them have already returned to Finland.

    Tuominen estimates that there are currently around fifty Finns who have filed a travel declaration in Prague.

    – We know that there has been at least one Finnish student doing an internship in that same building, and in addition, there is one Finnish teacher working in the Finnish-language institution operating in the building.

    Tuominen emphasizes that there could also have been other Finns at the university who are currently not known to the embassy. He cannot say whether Finns known to the embassy were present in the building at the time of the shooting today.

    There is currently no information on the victims’ nationalities. According to Tuominen, the authorities will contact the embassies of different countries in time and inform about possible victims. The Finnish representation has not been contacted so far.

    – At the moment, we are not aware that there are any Finns among the dead or injured.

    The news is updated.

    Sources: AFP, AP, Reuters

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