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People have contributed almost 19 million crowns to support the families of the victims, teachers and students affected by Thursday’s shooting at the Faculty of Arts. The collection organised by the Charles University Foundation Fund alone raised close to 16 million crowns in just two days. Charles University has said it will use the funds to provide targeted assistance to those affected and will coordinate the use with the faculty's management.

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla have expressed their condolences to the Czech people over the shooting at the Prague Faculty of Arts. In a letter to President Pavel, posted on X by the British ambassador to Prague, Matt Field, King Charles said he and Queen Camilla were deeply saddened and shocked by the news of the tragedy. "We feel deeply for the families and loved ones of the victims, to whom we send our most profound sympathy” the letter said. The king recalled “treasured visits to Prague” over the years saying his prayers were with the Czech people at this desperately difficult time.

The British monarch has visited the Czech Republic and Czechoslovakia five times, most recently in 2010, when he came with his wife Camilla.

Czechs are observing a day of mourning for the victims of the tragic shooting at the Prague Faculty of Arts on Thursday. President Petr Pavel, the country’s top officials, academics and members of the public attended a mass for the departed at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague. Flags are flying at half-mast and at midday bells around the country tolled in their memory as people held a minute of silence for the victims. Masses are being held around the country and people are laying flowers and lighting candles at impromptu commemorative sites that have appeared in many towns and cities.

Cultural events over the Christmas weekend have been scrapped or modified to fit the occasion with concerts starting with a minute of silence in a show of respect for those who died in the tragedy. Christmas markets will remain open but with muted or no music.

The police believe that the shooting at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University in Prague could be related to the brutal murder of a father and his two-month-old daughter in Klánovice forest on the eastern periphery of Prague on Friday. They are now awaiting the outcome of ballistic tests. Police found no leads to the perpetrator of that crime although 250 officers combed the area in the past week.