According to the Czech media, the student had written a “diary” on the messaging service Telegram, in which he dreamed of mass murder.
More information has been received about the background of the student who killed several people in Prague on Wednesday.
Yesterday, a 24-year-old man shot dead at least 14 people in the Czech capital and finally killed himself.
According to the Czech media, the student had written a “diary” on the messaging service Telegram, in which he admired massacres and dreamed of carrying out a school shooting. The channel’s messages exuded despair in life and hatred towards people.
– I hate the world and I want to leave behind as much pain as possible, the suspected shooter wrote.
The messages are written in Russian, and the newspaper The New York Times by they seem written by a native speaker.
According to the newspaper, it raises questions about how the Czech suspect has reached such a high Russian level.
The Telegram channel was written for at least ten days before the act was carried out. of the Telegraph the suspect kept the channel private, and only changed it to public right before the attack.
Two Russian school shooters were idolized on the channel. One of them is a teenage boy who killed nine people at their former school in Kazan, Russia in March 2021.
– When [poika] did the shooting, I realized that it is much more effective to commit mass murder than serial murder, the suspected shooter wrote.
The second object of admiration is said to be a 14-year-old Russian girl who killed two people and injured five in Bryansk, Russia.
No previous criminal record
Czech authorities do not see any connection to international terrorist organizations in the case.
The suspect had no criminal record. However, he had the right to bear arms and an interest in arming himself, and he owned several weapons, according to the Telegraph magazine.
The week before the incident, a man and a baby were shot in a forest near Prague. Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic Vit Rakusan according to the investigation, whether there was also a suspect behind this is currently under investigation.
Just before heading to the university, the suspect is believed to have shot his father. The local police had already received information about this before the school shooting and were already looking for the suspect.
According to Interior Minister Rakusan, a large number of weapons were found at the university and there could have been dozens more victims if the police had not acted quickly.
The Czech government declared Saturday a national day of mourning in the country in memory of the victims.