Czechs mourn Prague mass shooting victims

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 24, 2023 12:03 am

PRAGUE: Flags on public buildings flew at half-staff on Saturday and Masses were scheduled across the Czech Republic for a day of national mourning after a deadly shooting at Prague's Charles University, the worst in the Central European country in decades.

A 24-year-old student opened fire at the university's Faculty of Arts on Thursday, killing 13 people and then himself. Another person died in the hospital later on.

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