Face of evil: David Kozak, 24, named as gunman who left 15 dead in horror Prague shooting as chilling video emerges of people jumping off ledges to escape massacre
The gunman who killed at least 14 people as he unleashed terror on Prague today has been named as student David Kozak, 24, with police saying he was shot dead after carrying out the horrific attack.
Kozak murdered his father in the nearby town of Hostoun before heading into the Czech capital where he began randomly shooting people from the balcony of Charles University Arts faculty.
In the lead up to his killing spree, he is thought to have kept a diary in Russian on messaging app Telegram, writing: 'I want to do a school shooting and possibly suicide.'
The massacre is the Czech Republic's worst ever mass shooting, and the gunman is believed to have been inspired by a school shooting carried out by 14-year-old schoolgirl Alina Afanaskina in Russia earlier this month.
Earlier, a chilling image emerged showing the gunman dressed in black aiming a rifle at people below while standing on top of the Charles University Faculty of Arts building.
Terrified students and tourists were seen fleeing while others crouched beneath a window ledge on the high building as gunshots rang out in what is one of Europe's top tourist hotspots. Reports have suggested that one person died after falling from a building as they took cover.
There are fears that tourists could be among those killed or the 25 injured in today's shooting, with police working to identify the victims and saying they will contact embassies with updates in the event of foreign nationals being affected in the atrocity.
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