A gunman killed 15 people and injured two dozen others in an attack at Charles University in Prague on Thursday, Czech police said. The attacker, identified as a student at the university, was “eliminated” at the scene.
Police officers rushed to the university building at Jan Palach Square in central Prague on Thursday afternoon, where they “eliminated” an active shooter, Police President Martin Vondrasek told reporters.
As the building was evacuated, officers found 15 victims dead and at least 24 more injured, Vondrasek said.
Czech media identified the shooter as 24-year-old David Kozak, a student at the university. However, Vondrasek said that the killer had yet to be named. The police chief also noted that it was unclear whether officers or the suspect himself fired the bullet that took his life and ended the killing spree.