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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ashifa Kassam

Witnesses describe scenes of panic as Prague gunman roamed university

People, one wrapped in a thermal blanket, near the philosophical faculty building of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
People, one wrapped in a thermal blanket, near the philosophical faculty building of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic on Thursday 21 December, after the gunman opened fire. Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

Witnesses have described scenes of panic inside and outside Charles University after gunshots rang out in the heart of historical Prague on Thursday, sparking chaos and fear in an area bustling with locals and tourists.

The shooting began shortly after Jakob Weizman, a journalist and masters student at the university, arrived to sit an Albanian language exam. It was just him and the professor in the small room, he said. “And during the exam I heard gunshots and I heard screaming.”

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