Faculty of Arts building to remain closed until at least end of January

The Faculty of Arts building on Prague’s Jan Palach Square, which last week became the site of the worst mass shooting in Czechia since World War II, will remain closed until at least the end of January, Charles University has announced. The precise date the building will reopen is still yet to be decided.

Information about the new school term and other organisational matters at Charles University's Faculty of Arts will be conveyed to staff and students on Friday at the latest. Teaching should resume as normal at other faculties, although the university has said it recommends a "sensitive approach" given the recent tragic events.

Fourteen people were killed and 25 were injured in the attack at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts on December 21.