One of the people wounded in David K.'s armed attack on Thursday in Prague has died, bringing the number of victims of that crime to 15, announced the Minister of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Vit Rakusan.
He stated today that this person later died in the hospital and that there were no foreign nationals among those killed. The Czech police announced that two citizens of the United Arab Emirates and one of the Netherlands were among the injured, reports Radio Free Europe.
In a shooting at the Faculty of Philosophy in Prague on Thursday, history student David K. killed 13 students and lecturers with a rifle, then himself, and wounded 25 others.
Previously, David K. killed his father in the village of Hostounj near Prague and then sent a text message to his friend that he was going to kill himself. The police went in search of him and evacuated the side building of the Faculty of Philosophy where he was giving a lecture, but the attacker instead entered the main building where there were no police, brought a bag with several weapons and ammunition and shot people on the fourth floor.
The perpetrator of the crime had a license to possess eight weapons.
Police in the Czech Republic have stepped up preventive measures to protect so-called soft targets such as schools and hospitals, and have put more officers on the streets than under normal circumstances.
The tightened security measures will last at least until January 1, 2024.
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