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Prague's chief of police said Thursday "more than" 15 people were killed and 24 were wounded after a shooting on a college campus in the Czech capital's historic Old Town district.
Police Chief Martin Vondrasek and Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan met with reporters late Thursday near the scene, on the campus of Prague's Charles University on Jan Palach Square. It is adjacent to the Charles Bridge, a popular tourist attraction.
Vondrasek said the shooter was a 24-year-old student at the school. He said police started a search for the man before the actual shooting, as his father had been found dead in a village west of Prague. Vondrasek said the gunman died at the scene but gave no details as to how he died.
Rakusan said that there was no link between the shooting and "international terrorism."
The police also said they were investigating the possibility there was a bomb in the philosophy building.
The police chief said police came to the university philosophy building, where they knew the suspect was scheduled to be in a lecture, and evacuated the building. The square and streets around it were evacuated, as well.
Video posted to social media showed people fleeing the square, as emergency vehicles arrived at the scene. One group of students were photographed outside, crouching on a ledge of a campus building.
One witness at the scene told Czech television he saw a young man on a balcony brandishing what the witness thought was an automatic weapon and shooting toward the Charles Bridge. Police did not confirm the assailant used an automatic weapon.
From his account on the social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Czech Republic President Petr Pavel wrote, "I am shocked by the events at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University. I would like to express my deep regret and sincere condolences to the families and relatives of the victims that the shooting claimed."
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters and Agence France-Presse.