Police in the Czech Republic are investigating the motives behind the massacre. The attacker would be behind another murder that occurred on December 15.
The news about a terrible shooting at a university in Prague, Czech Republic, left the world shocked. A student killed 13 people and then committed suicidemaking the event one of the worst massacres in the country’s recent history.
Now, the first details of the attack that occurred at the Faculty of Arts of the Carolina University, which is located in the capital of Czech Republic. Initially, after the news was announced, the death toll was uncertain, but now the authorities confirmed that 13 people died at the hands of the young man.
What was the shooting in the Czech Republic like?
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The student, identified as David Kozak, headed to the university and killed 13 people, injured 25 others and then he committed suicide. According to police chief Martin Vondrasek, the attacker had no criminal record and had a “huge arsenal of weapons and ammunition.”
In addition, he revealed that, before the shooting, the police were already looking for the young man since his father was found. dead in the town of Houston. In that sense, the police went to the Faculty of Arts building and, thanks to the quick intervention, they managed to avoid an even worse massacre.
Regarding the death of the attacker’s father, Vondrasek did not confirm whether he was the one who killed him, but revealed that the young man left Prague “saying he wanted to commit suicide.” The police chief also maintained that the attacker was inspired by a similar case that occurred in the fall in Russia.
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According to Martin Vondrasek, David. would be behind another murder occurred on December 15 in a forest in the suburbs of Prague and that the police suspect that he was the one who killed a man and his two-month-old baby. The truth is that the investigation into this crime was on hold until they found evidence in Houston that links him to the student.
Finally, the interior minister stated that “There is no indication that this crime has any relationship with international terrorism”.
Source: Ambito
