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Shooting in Prague Kills 15 People

by VOA News

   Police and emergency services officials in Prague say at least 15
   people were killed and as many as 30 were wounded in a shooting on a
   college campus in the Czech capital.

   Police said they responded to a call about 3 p.m. to Charles
   University, which is located on Prague's Jan Palach Square in the
   historic Old Town district. They reported that at least one university
   building, the square and several surrounding streets were evacuated.

   Police later said the shooter had been "eliminated," without offering
   details about the shooter or the victims. In a statement, Czech
   Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said no other assailant was at the scene
   and urged people to cooperate with police.

   Video posted to social media showed people fleeing the square as
   emergency vehicles arrived at the scene. One witness told Czech
   television he saw a young man brandishing what the witness thought was
   an automatic weapon.

   Charles University is about 500 meters (547 yards) from the historic
   Charles Bridge, a popular tourist attraction in the city.

   Some information for this report was provided by The Associated Press,
   Reuters and Agence France-Presse.