Faculty of Arts organizing special events to help students cope with tragedy

The Prague Faculty of Arts is organizing a month of special events that are to help students and teachers come to terms with the tragic shooting that left 14 people dead and 25 injured on December 21. The various activities, many of which will take place on Jan Palach Square where the faculty is located, are being planned together with student organizations. The first event will be a candlelight procession in memory of the victims on January 4. The main faculty building on the square, which was the scene of the horrific act, will remain closed until the end of January. The sea of candles which people have been lighting both in front of the faculty and Charles University’s main headquarters Karolinum will be used to create a memorial for a later memorial site, organizers said.