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One Dead in Czech Town Hall Shooting as Police Confirm Shooter Killed

The attack follows the Prague university shooting that left 14 dead, with 25 others wounded.

Overview

  • Police report a woman was killed and at least four people, including a police officer, were wounded in a shooting at the town hall in Chribska.
  • The Chribska shooter is dead and officers have secured the building about 110 km north of Prague.
  • In December, a gunman attacked Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in Prague, killing 14 people and wounding 25.
  • Authorities identified the university assailant as a 24-year-old student who was not previously known to police and who possessed a large cache of weapons and ammunition.
  • Police say they began searching for the university suspect after finding his father’s body in Hostoun, and the government set December 23 as a national day of mourning.