Czechs mourn victims of Prague university shooting as police patrol public areas

Charles University cancelled all lectures and events on Friday a day after the shooting in the central European country of 10.9 million where over 300,000 people hold guns but mass shootings are rare

Mourners lay candles outside the headquarters of Charles University for victims of the mass shooting in Prague. Picture: AP Photo/Petr David Josek

Czechs mourned the victims of the country's worst mass shooting as police tightened security around schools and other public buildings across the country on Friday after a student gunman killed 14 people at a university building on Thursday.

At the Charles University headquarters in Prague a growing crowd that included Prime Minister Petr Fiala and U.S. Ambassador Bijan Sabet paid tribute to the victims. Some knelt to light candles and lay flowers while others stood crying and hugging each other.