Shooting at Prague University Leaves at Least 14 Dead and 25 Injured

According to Prime Minister Petr Fiala, the shooting wasn’t the work of terrorists.

Emergency services personnel wait at a cordon around Charles University, the location of the shooting in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Dec. 21, 2023. Gabriel Kuchta/Getty Images

PRAGUE—A mass shooting at the Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague on Dec. 21 left at least 14 dead and 25 wounded.

Police say the 24-year-old shooter, a student, was inspired by a similar horrific event in Russia.