David Kozák, the 24-year-old Czech university student who yesterday killed 14 people and injured 25 others in Praguebefore committing suicide, had no police record, but he had announced a massacre on social networks and was being sought by the Police as a suspect in a double homicide a week ago and another on Wednesday.
KozakHistory student at Charles University in Pragueentered yesterday the building of the Faculty of Philosophy of that center and fired indiscriminately causing a massacre, before climbing to the roof and shooting at passers-by, wounding a married couple. Arab Emirates already a Dutch citizen.
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Besieged by the Police, the aggressor committed suicide with a shot to the head.
The authorities were already on the trail of Kozák as a suspect in the death on the 15th of a 32-year-old man and his two-month-old daughter, whose bodies were found in a forest near Pragueas confirmed today by the head of the Prague Criminal Police, Aleš Strachinforms Radio Prague.
“We were just a few days away from avoiding this tragic “event that happened yesterday”he acknowledged Strach.
In addition, security forces were searching for Kozák as the alleged perpetrator of the death of a man, believed to be his own father, on Wednesday in the town of Hostoun35 kilometers west of Prague.
In fact, this latest crime caused the Police to deploy a device in a University building where the attacker was expected to go to class yesterday afternoon.
KozákHowever, he went to the main headquarters of the Faculty of Philosophy, where he committed the massacre.
David Kozakwho had no criminal record, He had a good academic record and has been described as “withdrawn.” by some of his fellow students, he had speculated on the social network Telegram with the idea of committing a massacre.
In your Telegram account, Kozák would have written in Cyrillic that was inspired by a recent homicide perpetrated in Russia by a student in which two people died.
However, the Minister of the Interior, Vit Rakusanassured today that yesterday’s massacre was difficult to foresee.
““It is a type of attack that can hardly be prevented,” the minister said at a press conference.
The authorities have ruled out any connection between the aggressor with terrorist groups.
Kozák He had a license for eight guns, two of which were long guns, and one with telescopic sight, which is believed to be the one used in yesterday’s attack.
The Czech Parliament is processing a legal reform to empower the Police to confiscate weapons from people suspected of radical positions and to force sellers to provide information about atypical purchases, due to its volume or due to suspicions about clients.
The number of firearms registered in Czech Republic It has risen 85% in recent years, and currently there are almost one million, one for every ten inhabitants.
Rakusan today he asked the press and citizens “do not follow the flow or publicize these acts”, arguing that “It is what the aggressor is looking for.”
He also insisted that there are no indications of terrorist links or accomplices.
“There is no need to look for the culprit, because it is already dead”, he assured.
Rakusan indicated that nine of the 25 injuredwho were admitted in serious condition, are now stabilized.
The Government has declared December 23 a day of mourning for the victims of this shooting, the most serious in the history of Czech Republic.
