Fifteen people were killed and around thirty injured in a mass shooting that occurred in downtown Prague on Thursday. The suspected shooter, 24, has also been declared dead, according to Czech police and the city’s rescue agency.
The fatalities and the circumstances surrounding the gunshots in the capital of the Czech Republic were not immediately disclosed by the police. They said that a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square was the reason for the deployment of law enforcement.
Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda reported that the philosophy department of Charles University, which is situated in the area, was evacuated. According to the police department, the square is blocked off. It asked people to stay indoors and avoid the nearby streets.
Vit Rakusan, the minister of interior for the Czech Republic, asked citizens to assist the police even though he indicated there was only one attacker there.
Rescue services in Prague verified that the gunman was among the 11 fatalities. Nine of the other around thirty people reportedly had significant injuries.
The director of the Rudolfinum Gallery, which is also situated in the area, Pavel Nedoma, said to Czech public television that he had seen someone firing a pistol toward the neighboring Manes bridge over the Vltava River from a window.
