Police detain 18-year-old who threatened to go on a shooting spree

The police have detained an 18-year-old student who threatened to go on a shooting spree at his school in Prague 8. He also told classmates that he wanted to obtain a firearms license and repeatedly praised the lone shooter who killed 14 people and injured 25 at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University last December. During a search of the detained student's home, the police discovered airsoft guns and knives, Prague police said on their website on Friday.