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AT least 15 people on Thursday were killed when an armed student opened fire in a university building in downtown Prague.<\/p>\n
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Reports said the incident that sowed panic was one of the worst mass shootings of its kind in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
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The mass shooting took place in the Philosophy Department building of Charles University, where the shooter was a student, Prague Police Chief Martin Vondrasek said.<\/p>\n
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The name of the young suspect was not revealed for being a minor.<\/p>\n
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Police gave no details about the victims or a possible motive for the shooting at the building located near the Vltava River in Jan Palach Square.<\/p>\n
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Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said investigators do not suspect a link to any extemist ideology or groups.<\/p>\n
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Pavel Nedoma, the director of the nearby Rudolfinum Gallery, said he saw from a window a person standing on a balcony of the building and shooting a gun.<\/p>\n
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Police said they were still searching the area, including the balcony, for possible explosives. The building was evacuated, Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda said.<\/p>\n
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The building forms part of the square and faces a bridge across the river with a view of Prague Castle, the seat of the Czech presidency.<\/p>\n
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President Petr Pavel said he was \u201cshocked\u201d by what happened and offered his condolences to the relatives of the victims.<\/p>\n
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An investigation is ongoing on what triggered the young suspect to do the mass shooting.<\/p>\n
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