Czech authorities see no indication that the perpetrator of the massacre of 14 people this Thursday in the center of Prague has been linked to terrorist organizations, assured the Czech Ministry of the Interior, Vit Rakusan.
“There is no indication of links to international terrorism”Rakusan declared at a press conference in Praguetogether with the president of the country, Petr Paveland the prime minister, the conservative Petr Fiala.
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This is the conclusion that Prague has also conveyed to its community partners, after a dramatic day, in which a 24-year-old student showed up at the faculty with a suitcase full of high-precision weapons and ammunition.
The suspect, who ended up taking his own life after being chased by the police, killed at least fourteen people, and injured another 25, of whom nine are in serious condition.
The police have not yet begun to identify the bodies, among which there are some foreigners.
“We are devastated“said the prime minister, whose center-right coalition government has decreed this Saturday, December 23, as a day of national mourning.
The head of state appealed to citizens, politicians and the press “not to abuse these events” to disseminate false versions of events and unnerve public opinion.
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Pavel, who before ascending to the head of state was president of the military committee of the NATOasked “piety, reserve and unity”.
Tomorrow at 10:00 GMT, a police press conference is planned where details of today’s operation will be communicated, and in which it is also expected to know what type of weapon the aggressor used.
Unofficial sources speak of a AR15 automatic rifle.
