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Candles and flowers lined the stairs of a Prague University and flags flew at half staff Saturday as residents of the Czech Republic mourned the 14 victims of the country’s worst mass shooting, according to reports.
Archbishop Jan Graubner said a mass at Prague’s main cathedral and the country observed a minute of silence at noon, with people stopping in the streets during a snow storm and in the midst of last minute Christmas shopping.
On Thursday, a 24-year-old gunman went on a rampage at the Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in the center of the city, killing 14 students and professors before shooting himself as police closed in on him at the top of the school building.
More than 25 people were taken to hospitals, 13 of whom suffered serious injuries.
Mourners on Saturday continued to bring candles and flowers to makeshift memorials outside the Faculty of Arts and the university’s headquarters in Prague’s historic center.
Shooter David Kozak shot dead his father at his home outside Prague before heading to the university, where he was a student.
Kozak is also a suspect in the killing of a father and newborn baby in the town of Klanovice on Dec. 15, authorities said.
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