14 dead and 25 injured
A gunman has shot dead 14 people and injured another 25 at a university in Prague, officials say, in the deadliest attack in modern Czech history.
Police say the 24-year-old gunman was also "eliminated" following the shooting at Charles University.
The shooting started at about 15:00 local time (14:00 GMT) at the university's Faculty of Arts building.
David Kozak, 24, lived in a village almost 20 km outside Prague and was getting his Masters Degree in Polish History at Charles University.
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.
The shooter legally owned several guns — police said he was heavily armed Thursday and was carrying a lot of ammunition — and that what he did was “well thought out, a horrible act,” Vondrasek said
Following a special cabinet meeting, President Petr Pavel said December 23 would be a day of mourning.
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Flags on official buildings to be flown at half-mast and people asked to observe a minute’s silence at noon.
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