Mourners march, hold mass hug to remember Prague shooting victims

Hans Weber
January 5, 2024

Summary

Crowd symbolically hugs building where victims died
‘Community is hurt, but unbroken’ – university rector
Gunman killed 14 in Czechs’ worst mass shooting
Tragedy had prompted debate on security, guns

PRAGUE, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Students and teachers remembered the 14 victims of the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting on Thursday as they formed a human chain to symbolically hug the university building where the gunman opened fire just before Christmas.

Mourners passed from Charles University’s medieval headquarters through Prague’s Old Town Square to the Faculty of Arts building where a 24-year-old history student went on a rampage on Dec. 21 before killing himself when cornered by police.

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