Czech Republic: Prague’s rescue service confirms 15 people were killed and about30 others were wounded in a mass shooting in the downtown area. Czech police say the shooter is also dead.
But they have not provided details about the victims or the circumstances of the gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital.
Officers were deployed due to a shooting at a school and Prague’s mayor says the philosophy department of Charles University was evacuated.
A student at Charles University in downtown Prague opened fire in the philosophy department, killing at least 15 people.
Dozens more were injured in one of the Czech Republic’s worst mass shootings. The gunman is also dead.
Video from the scene shows people being evacuated from the building and others trying to hide by a wall.
Police haven’t revealed a possible motive, but the Czech interior minister says investigators do not suspect a link to any extremist ideology or groups.