Student kills 14 in mass shooting at Prague university

A person who shot and killed people in central Prague is dead, the Czech interior minister said.

A police officer walks across a bridge over the Vltava river in downtown Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday. Picture: AP Photo/Petr David Josek

A lone gunman opened fire in a university building in central Prague, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting.

The bloodshed took place in the philosophy department building of Charles University, where the killer was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said.