Man sentenced to community service for approving university shooting in Prague

A 23-year-old man from Prague was sentenced to 250 hours of community service by the Prague 1 District Court for approving the deadly shooting at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, reported Hospodářské noviny daily. Last December, a student killed 14 people at the university before taking his own life. The sentenced man, Metoděj Matys, made statements in a bar threatening to shoot colleagues and praised the shooter. The court also ordered him to undergo mandatory alcohol and drug treatment. This is the first conviction in connection with approving the university shooting.