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PRAGUE (AP) — A shooting in downtown Prague killed several people and wounded dozens of others, and the person who opened fire is dead, Czech police said Thursday. Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of the gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They said officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square. The philosophy department of Charles University, which is located at the square, was evacuated, Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda said. The police department said the square has been sealed off. It urged people also to leave the surrounding streets...

Police vehicles drive towards the building housing the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in downtown Prague, 21 December 2023 By Euronews Published on 21/12/2023 - 17:31•Updated 21:12 Share this article Comments The shooter, now believed to be deceased, opened fire in a university building in the city's downtown area. A mass shooting in downtown Prague has seen more than 14 people killed and left at least 25 injured. According to Czech police and the city's rescue service, the individual responsible for the shooting is also deceased. Authorities have not provided specific details about the victims, but have said that the...

Stringent gun controls proved futile when at least ten people were killed and upwards of 30 others hurt in Prague during a mass shooting Thursday. France 24 reported the shooting occurred in a school located in Jan Palach Square. Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic, a country with stringent gun controls and no guaranteed right to firearm possession.

At least 15 people were shot dead by a gunman from a balcony on the faculty of arts at the University of Prague on Thursday, with the gunman reported by local media to have fallen from the roof. A mass shooter has been “eliminated” and “here are several dead and dozens of injured” around the faculty of arts building at the University of Prague, Czech police said on Thursday. Czech newspaper Lidové Noviny reports the mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda told their publication that the presumed shooter had fallen from the building and was now dead. Images circulated on social...