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UPDATE: At least ten people were shot dead by a gunman from a balcony on the faculty of arts at the University of Prague on Thursday, with the gunman reported by local media to have fallen from the roof.
A mass shooter has been “eliminated” and “here are several dead and dozens of injured” around the faculty of arts building at the University of Prague, Czech police said on Thursday. Czech newspaper Lidové Noviny reports the mayor of Prague Bohuslav Svoboda told their publication that the presumed shooter had fallen from the building and was now dead. Images circulated on social media show a man identified as the attacker holding a long arm with scope at the balcony rail near the roof of the building.
Update 1630 — Toll rises to 30 injured
The number of victims of Thursday’s attack is rising, with “about 30” said to have been injured, per the Associated Press. Nine of those injured received serious wounds. The death toll of ten victims plus the shooter himself for a total of 11 fatalities remains unchanged.