Prosecutor to MPs: University shooter had feelings of injustice and hatred

The perpetrator of a mass shooting at a university in Prague in December had feelings of injustice, resentment and hatred and felt ostracised, unaccepted and useless, a state prosecutor, Jana Murínová, told the Czech lower house’s Security Committee on Thursday. In an address to MPs, she reiterated that according to expert assessments the student did not suffer from any serious psychological disorder.

Also speaking to the Security Committee on Thursday, the head of the Czech police, Martin Vondrášek, said two weak points in the force’s handling of the incident had been communication with the university administration and the police’s own analytical skills. He said there were several areas in which the police needed to improve.

Fourteen people were left dead and dozens injured after the young man carried out a mass shooting at the main building of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague on December 21. He took his own life during the biggest mass shooting in modern Czech history. He had earlier killed a father and his baby in woodlands in an evident random shooting.