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With a minute of silence, flags at half mast and masses, Czech Republic pays tribute this Saturday to the 14 killed in a massacre this week in Charles University in Praguethe worst attack of this type the country has ever suffered.
The government asked the population to observe a minute of silence on Saturday at noonand churches are scheduled to ring their bells two days after a 24-year-old student opened fire on campus and later committed suicide.
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This country, which is a member of the HUH It’s from NATO was shocked by the tragedy in which 14 people died, 13 on the day of the attack and one injured person who died on Friday. In addition, another 25 people were injured.
Students lit thousands of candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the Faculty of Arts and at the headquarters of Carolina Universityin the historic center of the Czech capital.
The identities of the victims, students and teachers, They began to be published by their families and the university.
Among the deceased is the expert on Finnish literature Jan Dlask and the student Lucie Spindlerova. Among the injured are three foreigners, a Dutchman and two citizens of United Arab Emirates.
Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusanindicated that there is evidence that this crime has some relation to the “international terrorism”.
Since Thursday, police have arrested four people who threatened to carry out similar attacks or who They celebrated the massacre.
The Minister of the Interior announced a reinforcement of police surveillance in several locations and study centers, at least until January 1st.
The police chief, Martin Vondrasekhighlighted that the attacker had a “huge arsenal of weapons and ammunition”.
Source: Elcomercio
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