Several dead and many injured in Prague Shooting December 21st 2023

[Skigh]

Prague shooting: Gunman dead after killing 10 at Prague university

Dozens of people were also injured in the shooting in the city's Old Town, Czech police say

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Skigh]

Prague shooting: 14 dead in Prague shooting, emergency services say

The incident happened in the area of Jan Palach Square in Prague's Old Town district.

news.sky.com

At least 11 people, including the gunman, have died in a shooting in central Prague, according to Czech emergency services.

Another 30 people are injured, including nine seriously wounded, according to the Czech rescue service.

Police previously said there were "several dead and dozens of injured" and that the gunman had been "eliminated".

Czech interior minister, Vit Rakusan, also confirmed to local media that the gunman had died.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Heartfelt condolences to all victims and their families.

Is anyone on this thread living in Prague?

 

[Skigh]

David Kozak named as gunman who killed 15 in horror Prague shooting

Multiple people have been shot dead and injured in a shooting at a university in Prague today.

www.dailymail.co.uk

At least ten people have been killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting at a top university in Prague.
The lone gunman shot dead ten people at Charles University in the centre of the city at around 3pm this afternoon, emergency services said.
A chilling image shared on local media purports to show the man dressed in black aiming a rifle at people below while standing on top of a faculty building, with witnesses saying the gunman was picking off his victims one by one.
Dramatic video showed terrified crowds of tourists and locals sprinting across the famous Charles Bridge - one of Europe's top tourist sites - after they heard the sickening sound of gunshots in the city.
In separate footage, people were seen running with their hands raised in the air from the University's Faculty of Arts building in the capital, as armed police officers swooped in.
Within minutes of the deadly shooting, elite cops were seen storming the building before the gunman was 'eliminated'. At least 10 people were killed in the shooting and more than 20 were injured - nine seriously, Prague's emergency services said.
Other extraordinary images show terrified students cowering on a ledge high up on a balcony in a bid to hide from the gunman after others were told to barricade themselves in classrooms.

 

[Chimera]

Utmost condolences to the families of the innocent precious victims.
May those who lost their lives rest in eternal peace.

So senseless and vile !

 

[Skigh]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-67795251

Summary​

1. The gunman who killed at least 15 people at university in Prague was a student, police say
2. Another 24 people were injured - and police say the gunman was found dead
3. The student was from a village near Prague, and his father was found dead earlier on Thursday
4. The incident occurred at Charles University - it is not being treated as a terrorist incident
5. Prime Minister Petr Fiala says he has cancelled upcoming engagements in light of the "tragic events"

 

[Keane]

At least 15 dead, including shooter, and dozens injured in Prague university shooting, Czech police say – as it happened

Officials say gunman was a 24-year-old Charles University student

www.theguardian.com

The perpetrator of today’s shooting was a 24 year-old Charles University student, according to Czech police.

The police president, Martin Vondrášek, said at a press briefing that there are more than 15 people dead and 24 injured, but that these may not be final numbers.

The perpetrator was inspired by similar shootings abroad, the police president said.

This image of students clinging to the side of building to hide from the gunman is striking.

 

[Skigh]

How Prague bloodbath unfolded

The shocking incident began this afternoon at around 3pm local time (2pm GMT), with reports of an active shooter at Charles University in the centre of the city.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[dotr]

 

[AzPistonsGirl]

At least 15 dead, including shooter, and dozens injured in Prague university shooting, Czech police say – as it happened

Officials say gunman was a 24-year-old Charles University student

www.theguardian.com

This image of students clinging to the side of building to hide from the gunman is striking.

I wanted to capture and make sure this repeated: The perpetrator was inspired by similar shootings abroad, the police president said.

 

[dotr]

At Least 15 Dead in Czech Republic After Shooting at Prague University (Published 2023)

The police said the suspect, who also died, first shot his father in a town outside Prague and then continued his rampage at the university.

www.nytimes.com

''The police partially identified the assailant as David K. Speaking at a news conference in Prague, the chief of the national police force, Martin Vondraska, said the assailant “got inspired by a similar terrible event abroad.” He did not specify where.

A native of a small village near the town of Kladno west of Prague, he had a gun license.
The governor of the Prague region, Bohuslav Svoboda, said the shooter fell from the roof of the university’s faculty of arts building after opening fire on Jan Palach Square, an area of manicured lawns adjacent to the Vltava River that cuts through the Czech capital.''

Prague shooting: 15 dead and dozens injured at Charles University

Gunman who was student at Charles University killed own father before attack that left people huddling on outdoors ledge in fear of lives

www.independent.co.uk

''A witness reported seeing the killer on a balcony and shooting towards a bridge. The area, of Jan Palach Square, is close to the old town, particularly popular with visitors at Christmas.

As the horror unfolded the university’s philosophy department was evacuated and the square was sealed off. Police urged people outdoors to leave the surrounding streets and those already indoors to stay inside.

Prague’s rescue service said at first about 30 people had suffered various injuries, including nine who were seriously wounded. This number was later revised to at least 24.''

 

[Skigh]

David Kozak named as gunman who killed 15 in horror Prague shooting

Multiple people have been shot dead and injured in a shooting at a university in Prague today.

www.dailymail.co.uk

gunman who killed at least 15 people as he unleashed terror on Prague today has been named as student David Kozak, 24, with police saying he took his own life after carrying out the horrific attack.

Kozak murdered his father in the nearby town of Hostoun before heading into the Czech capital where he began randomly shooting people from the balcony of Charles University Arts faculty.

In the lead up to his killing spree, he is believed to have kept a diary in Russian on messaging app Telegram, writing: 'I want to do a school shooting and possibly suicide.'

The massacre is the Czech Republic's worst ever mass shooting, and the gunman is believed to have been inspired by a school shooting carried out by 14-year-old schoolgirl Alina Afanaskina in Russia earlier this month.

Earlier, a chilling image emerged purporting to show the gunman dressed in black aiming a rifle at people below while standing on top of the Charles University Faculty of Arts building this afternoon.

Terrified students and tourists were seen fleeing from the building as gunshots rang out in what is one of Europe's top tourist hotspots, with witnesses saying the gunman was picking off his victims one by one.

There are fears that tourists could be among those killed or the 24 injured in today's shooting, with police working to identify the victims and saying they will contact embassies with updates in the event of foreign nationals being affected in the atrocity.

 

[Charlot123]

Question: how easy is it to get guns in Czech Republic?

Europe is still very different from the US. When in Rome, I caught myself being calmed by the thought that gun sales were limited and in the crowds around the Vatican, no crazy guy would just randomly start shooting. How did this guy accumulate his collection?

 

[Sarahlou]

Question: how easy is it to get guns in Czech Republic?

Europe is still very different from the US. When in Rome, I caught myself being calmed by the thought that gun sales were limited and in the crowds around the Vatican, no crazy guy would just randomly start shooting. How did this guy accumulate his collection?

This is from Wikipedia:

Unlike in most other European countries, Czech citizens have the right to keep and bear firearms for personal protection, for which they must first obtain a shall-issue license.

 

[dotr]

Question: how easy is it to get guns in Czech Republic?

Europe is still very different from the US. When in Rome, I caught myself being calmed by the thought that gun sales were limited and in the crowds around the Vatican, no crazy guy would just randomly start shooting. How did this guy accumulate his collection?

Shock in Prague but shootings not unknown in Czech Republic

Police say gunman owned multiple firearms, as allowed by among the most permissive gun laws in the EU

www.theguardian.com

rbbm
''Police said on Thursday that the gunman legally owned multiple firearms, a fact that may be explained by the fact that the Czech Republic has among the most permissive gun ownership laws in the EU.

''The “right to acquire, keep and bear firearms” is recognised in Czech firearms legislation, while a constitutional amendment made to the charter of fundamental rights as recently as 2021 legally guarantees “the right to defend one’s own life or the life of another person with a weapon”.

The amendment was adopted after a petition signed by 102,000 citizens that was organised in opposition to a European Commission proposal to restrict firearm possession throughout the EU.''

 

[scapa]

FYI, the Bryansk shooting referenced in some of the articles today:

He also wrote approvingly of Russian school shooter Alina Afanaskina, whom he said “helped me too much”.

The 14-year-old schoolgirl shot dead another student and wounded five others with her father’s pump-action shotgun before turning the weapon on herself in the city of Bryansk earlier this month.

“It was as if she had come to my aid from heaven just in time,” he posted.

Prague gunman David Kozak shared mass shooting fantasies online

Student wrote on Telegram that he ‘always wanted to kill’ and thought he would one day ‘become a maniac’

www.telegraph.co.uk

https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/russian-girl-14-shoots-and-kills-classmate-commits-suicide/news-story/34e894afccab3d8c5952d5a0c467dbc6

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/two-killed-four-wounded-russian-school-shooting-tass-2023-12-07/

 

[Skigh]

Prague killer now suspected of killing a father and baby last week

David Kozak, 24, killed 14 people and injured 25 during a rampage in which he targeted students at his university in Prague. They are now looking into whether he carried out another shooting.

www.dailymail.co.uk

The gunman who unleashed terror on Prague is now suspected of shooting dead a man and his infant daughter in a forest near the Czech capital last week, police have revealed.

David Kozak, 24, killed 14 people and injured 25 during a rampage in which he targeted students at his university in downtown Prague, police said, adding that he was shot dead after carrying out the horrific attack.

Kozak murdered his father in the town of Hostoun before making the two-hour journey into the Czech capital where he began randomly shooting people from the balcony of Charles University Arts faculty.

In the lead up to his killing spree, he is thought to have kept a diary in Russian on messaging app Telegram, writing in one chilling post: 'I want to do a school shooting and possibly suicide.'

Now it has emerged that police are investigating whether Kozak may have killed a father and daughter at random in a shooting in Klanovicky les, near Prague. Hundreds of police combed the wooded area after the perpetrator disappeared, and authorities are currently probing whether the two killing sprees could be linked.

 

[Chimera]

IF he is also responsible for the deaths of the man and infant daughter ... I have no words.
Suffice it to say DK was already pretty much 'dead' inside.
Rest in peace to the man and his little baby.

Whether he was shot by police, or suicided himself, or fell/jumped from the building -- why can't these types start with themselves before hurting people who have done no wrong to them ?
Better yet -- get yourself professional help and maybe be grateful for what you have in life ?

It sounds like he lived w/his father whom he also murdered ?
At 24 DK was old enough to get a job and move out if he didn't like his dad.
Maybe DK was a long term injustice collector.
A loser looking for his 15 minutes.

Part of me wishes he'd been taken alive (I don't know what the sentence would be for him for a crime of this magnitude, in the Czech Republic ?); but I am not that sorry he has passed, esp. if the sentence would've seen him freed at some time ?
Idk about the justice system in the CR.
People like him are often beyond the point of being able to walk freely amongst the rest of us !
Permanently evil.
Imo.
Omo.

 

[Charlot123]

This is from a Czech newspaper “reflex”
Mostly, photos

Časová osa útoku na filozofické fakultě: Ve 12:20 první podezření, ve 3 začala střelba, ve 4 zemřel útočník

Policisté a záchranka na místě střelby na Filozofické fakultě v Praze (21.12.2023)

www.reflex.cz

I also have shocking video of a Czech journalist yelling at Kozak, “shoot at me”, but need to see how to share it from the Telegram.
Listened to the interview with a Russian student of philologist faculty (at 3d floor, one floor below the gunman). She too said, “we were shocked. Nothing like this ever happens in Czech Republic”.

 

[Charlot123]

Here
I had to log into Twitter to watch it (before you log in it says, video doesn’t exist)

https://twitter.com/x/status/1737908207262040164

A journalist (Jiři Forman) tried to attract the attention of the shooter. yelling “shoot at me”. And at one moment, the shooter indeed paid attention to him. The policeman says, what are you doing? Forman says, “what can I do? There are people everywhere”