By Junex Doronio
MANILA — In what is described as the worst mass shooting in Prague, Czech Republic, on Thursday (December 21), no Filipinos were reported injured. The six Filipino students studying at Charles University were also confirmed to be safe by the Philippine Embassy.
The Philippine Embassy has advised all Filipinos to avoid the immediate area of the shooting incident and to remain on alert.
“The Philippine Embassy in Prague wishes to inform the Filipino community in the Czech Republic that it has contacted a representative of the six known Filipino students at Charles University and ascertained that all of them are safe and everyone is monitoring the situation closely,” the embassy said on Friday (December 22) in a Facebook post
It was gathered that a 24-year-old Czech student went amok on Thursday (December 21), shot dead his father, then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university.
Identified only as David K, police said the gunman turned the gun on himself and committed suicide.
Aieshah Balmori, a Filipino student at Charles University, said she was in class six kilometers away at the time of the shooting.
“Initially, we thought it might have been a riot, but then we started seeing words like shooting, killer, dead one by one in our messages,” Balmori said.
Prague police said they would inform the Philippine embassy should any development involving Filipinos occur.
Czech President Petr Pavel has declared December 23 as the national day of mourning.
(IAmigo/MNM)