Gah, of all the things to export to the world from the USA. sigh.
PRAGUE, Dec 21 (Reuters) - A gunman killed at least 15 people and wounded at least 24 others at a Prague university on Thursday before he was "eliminated", according to police and Prague emergency services, marking the country's worst-ever mass shooting.
Czech police responded to the shooting at Charles University's faculty of arts building in Jan Palach Square shortly after 3 p.m. (1400 GMT). Police said the father of the shooter - a student at the faculty - was found dead earlier on Thursday.
BBC coverage has a live report running
Summary
- The gunman who killed at least 15 people at university in Prague was a student, police say
- Another 24 people were injured - and police say the gunman was found dead
- The student was from a village near Prague, and his father was found dead earlier on Thursday
- The incident occurred at Charles University - it is not being treated as a terrorist incident
- Prime Minister Petr Fiala says he has cancelled upcoming engagements in light of the "tragic events"
From Al Jazeera
The shooting happened around 3pm (14:00 GMT) at the Charles University’s Faculty of Arts, which sits near major tourist sites like the 14th-century Charles Bridge.
“We always thought that this was a thing that did not concern us. Now it turns out that, unfortunately, our world is also changing and the problem of the individual shooter is emerging here as well,” Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda told Czech Television.