What happened?
On Wednesday afternoon, a lone gunman shot and killed fourteen people at Charles University in the Czech capital Prague. The shooter is dead, police report. The timeline at a glance:
12:20 pm
The police learn that the (later) perpetrator wants to commit suicide and is on his way to Prague.
12.45 pm
Emergency services drive to the home of the (later) perpetrator and find his father murdered.
14 hours
The police are aware of a lecture where the perpetrator is said to be present. She sends a team to Charles University to evacuate the building in question and stop the perpetrator.
2:22 PM
A university building has already been evacuated and the police are still looking for the perpetrator.
2:59 PM
There are first emergency calls about shots fired. Emergency services arrive at the scene of the crime within minutes. The perpetrator shoots from the upper floors. Video footage shows him shooting from the roof with a semi-automatic weapon.
3:20 PM
The police report that the body of the perpetrator was found on the sidewalk in front of the building. The emergency services found more weapons in a bag.
Who is the perpetrator?
David K., the alleged perpetrator, studied history at university. Police had been looking for him even before the crime because he had murdered his father in the nearby village of Kladensko shortly before the bloody crime in Prague.
The gunman was dead, Prague police chief Petr Matejcek said on Friday – the young man probably shot himself.
He owned a veritable arsenal of firearms – legally. K. also had no criminal record.
Who are the victims?
First the perpetrator is killed his father in a village near Prague.
During his attack on Charles University in Prague the shooter killed 14 people – they have now all been identified. One of the victims is the director of the Institute of Musicology. 25 other people were injured, including three foreigners: two from the United Arab Emirates and one person from the Netherlands. Nothing more is known about the victims yet.
A police hypothesis brings the Prague perpetrator to one Double murder a week ago Related: A father and his two-month-old daughter were found shot dead in a forest on the outskirts of Prague. A motive was not clear: the case caused horror in the Czech Republic. Ballistics research must now provide clarity.
What’s the motive?
Police assume it was a lone perpetrator. She does not assume that the crime had a terrorist background. Interior Minister Vit Rakusan nevertheless announced that security measures in the country will be tightened for preventive reasons.
It is likely that the crime was a disaster inspired by similar acts from abroad.
A Telegram channel under the name of the shooter provides clues: he was inspired by the crime of a 14-year-old Russian girl who shot two classmates at a school, injured several others and committed suicide.
(rbu/sda)
Soource :Watson
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