(22 Dec 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Prague - 22 December 2023
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of candleight vigil
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Name unknown, local resident:
"We definitely shouldn't celebrate him, we should actually forget him. Forget his name, forget his ideology if possible. This is what we should so because those people are attracted by fame, perhaps, I assume. But we definitely, definitely, shouldn't remember that."
3. Various of vigil
STORYLINE:
A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting.
The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the shooter was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said.
The gunman also died, authorities said. His name has not been released.
One person at a nearby campus candlelight vigil said she hopes the shooter is quickly forgotten.
Vondrasek said in the evening that 14 people had died and 25 were injured, after earlier reporting that 15 had died and 24 were hurt. He didn't explain the change.
Authorities warned that the death toll could rise.
Police gave no details about the victims or a possible motive for the shooting at the building located near the Vltava River in Jan Palach Square.
Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said investigators do not suspect a link to any extremist ideology or groups.
Vondrasek said police believe the gunman killed his father earlier Thursday in his hometown of Hostoun, just west of Prague, and that he had also been planning to kill himself. He didn't elaborate.
AP video shot by Fanny Brodersen
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