it of ammunition in the corridors. it was incredible. i think he may have continued _ was incredible. i think he may have continued if— was incredible. i think he may have continued if we did not go to the balcony— continued if we did not go to the balcony where he eventually died. so when i _ balcony where he eventually died. so when i saw _ balcony where he eventually died. so when i saw everything he had prepared _ when i saw everything he had prepared and everything he was ready for, prepared and everything he was ready for. my— prepared and everything he was ready for, my emotion was very strong and all that_ for, my emotion was very strong and all that is_ for, my emotion was very strong and all that is left for me is to thank my peddle — all that is left for me is to thank my people for their professional intervention, and if you have any questions. — intervention, and if you have any questions, anything you want to ask, we are _ questions, anything you want to ask, we are here — questions, anything you want to ask, we are here for you. thank you, director — we are here for you. thank you, director. and now the investigation deputy~ _ and now the investigation deputy. allow me to give you the timeline of what happened yesterday.

first i would like to express my sincere condolences to the families of the deceased. and now the facts. now about the timeline. we will start in the town, yesterday at 12:26pm, a witness called the police saying herfriend 12:26pm, a witness called the police saying her friend sent her a suicide text and he was not responding to her calls. police units from the central region immediately, in a matter of minutes reacted to this call. the firefighters and the ambulances also were activated at 12:32pm. we found out that the

suspect indeed has thoughts of suicide and that he is headed to the capital, prague. soon afterthat, police find that man in the town and in the following minutes, we find out that there is a device in the house that could be airborne. at around 1pm, we find out where the dead person is located, at 1:15pm. a

nationwide search is launched. for this person. none prague police is invited to take part in the investigation and at 1:27pm there is a requirement from the central region that prague police searched the faculty of arts in prague. the police are told that an armed suspect is presumed to be there. at 1:49pm we are informed that the

suspect could be at the faculty of arts and its building. all police units are activated and sent to the specific address. at 2:22pm we start to evacuate the area, at 2:59pm, sadly, we are informed that shooting is going on at the faculty of arts building in the square. and as the regional director has already said, our units arrived within minutes, at 3:11pm the control room receives the information that the suspect is on

the roof of the building. at 3:20pm documented the information that the perpetrator is eliminated as has been said already. he is presumed to have committed suicide. then the building are secured. the perimeter around the building is secured. so that criminal investigators can search the crime scene and before they can do that, the building has to be secured. so then we followed up to be secured. so then we followed up with going through the crime scene, we identified the number of victims and the number of injured happened overnight. let me emphasise

that police were not idle any four, at any moment, from the first call that we received, we acted and we were active 21w. the policeman went home, the investigating police were all available on site, they took it very personally, they took it as their own personal responsibility to take care of the standout was informed several times, very regularly about the of things. i realised that you want to know whether there is a connection between the murder, the faculty boss shooting and the murder in the forest. we do have information

suggesting that the perpetrator could be the same person in all of those three cases and i would like to get the floor to the head of the department at prague police. before that, allow me to support what the director said. that, allow me to support what the directorsaid. please that, allow me to support what the director said. please follow the official channels of the police and the ministry of the interior. it already started with the first merger, spreading disinformation, false information, etc and i issued an order to my colleagues to take care of this. spreading this

information could also end up being a crime and people who commit a crime online for example, the act of approving a crime, then we will step in. and we have already started investigating several persons who were amplifying disinformation and false information online. i would like to thank you all for being patient and for giving us space. we will inform you in due time. i trust that in the following days, we will continue in this manner and of course we will inform you of everything of interest that will come up and now the head of the merger department. you have the

floor. hello. on the 15th of december we were informed about the finding of two bodies. the caller said she heard shooting in the bodice and we discovered the bodies of a man and child. it was a father and his two—month—old child. we started searching around the crime scene and we tried to establish the facts, if there were any witnesses, if there was any

relevant information that could help us move on and establish what happened. as was the case years ago, at the beginning of our investigation, we did not find any eyewitnesses. and of course, it happened in the middle of course, it happened in the middle of a forest, there was no cctv. so we had nothing to work with at the beginning. we have issued a call to the public. we asked people who could have been around the crime scene at the time to get in touch with us. and we asked for the cctv

that was available from the surrounding area. it is the biggest forest, the city are prague, 290 hectares, you can imagine the number of people we had to deploy to be able to secure this data and then evaluate it. so those were our first steps. let me verify the information from people who were around, who were working through the first and we try to access all the information immediately. we had dozens of crime investigators working on the case at the beginning, even hundreds.

we had some information about people in the area who were suspects to neighbours and people who live there. we were able to find all of them. and exclude them as potential perpetrators. we searched through the first and we tried to find more evidence and we were worried that we could find more

victims or maybe a perpetrator who call themselves. so this took two days and a big search activity. with dozens of policemen involved. we also did other tactical steps. and the team of crime investigators from friday the 15th until the next thursday, was deployed permanently. they did nothing else. the situation was extremely serious and you can trust me fan i tell you that the best crime investigators in the country worked on this and they did their best. and on thursday, yesterday, the shooting happened.

we got to a certain place with our investigation over the past week. we filtered through the suspects, we communicated with other units. we were in touch with regional criminal units, we told them that we might help. we might help with the suspects, that we identified. and, yes, the shutterfrom charles university was one of our suspects.

—— the shutter. in these cases, you always have two narrow down your selection. —— shooter. that is what we did and we worked with our colleagues at the central bohemian region, we were days from uncovering the shooter as the shooter from the forest. i am extremely sorry for what happened, i cannot imagine the family and friends of the deceased, what they are going through but i am convinced we did our best to correct it. thank you. convinced we did our best to correct it- thank yon-— it. thank you. now, another deputy for investigation _ it. thank you. now, another deputy for investigation from _ it. thank you. now, another deputy for investigation from the _ it. thank you. now, another deputy for investigation from the office - it. thank you. now, another deputy for investigation from the office of. for investigation from the office of the police president.—

the police president. hello, ladies and gentlemen, _ the police president. hello, ladies and gentlemen, from _ the police president. hello, ladies and gentlemen, from the - the police president. hello, ladies and gentlemen, from the 15th - the police president. hello, ladies and gentlemen, from the 15th of. and gentlemen, from the 15th of december we dedicated a lot of energy— december we dedicated a lot of energy to this case. we worked our team _ energy to this case. we worked our team over— energy to this case. we worked our team over the weekend with several colleagues. on monday, we got more criminal— colleagues. on monday, we got more criminal investigation colleagues involved — criminal investigation colleagues involved in our project team. so i asked _ involved in our project team. so i asked my— involved in our project team. so i asked my colleagues said, there were several— asked my colleagues said, there were several police units involved and we did everything we could to get the perpetrator. the criminal proceedings were initiated for the crime _ proceedings were initiated for the crime of— proceedings were initiated for the crime of multiple murder. and our

individual— crime of multiple murder. and our individual officers and authorities for the _ individual officers and authorities for the national centre against organised crime. we kept some information to ourselves, which is part of— information to ourselves, which is part of the — information to ourselves, which is part of the regular procedures. that is how— part of the regular procedures. that is how we _ part of the regular procedures. that is how we have to do it. and i think that's a big me and now i and i think that's a big me and now i would _ and i think that's a big me and now i would like — and i think that's a big me and now i would like to get the floor to the director— i would like to get the floor to the director of— i would like to get the floor to the director of the ambulance rescue service _ director of the ambulance rescue service trut— director of the ambulance rescue service but before that let me just reiterate _ service but before that let me just reiterate our condolences to everyone, all the policeman involved were affected by for pestle.

—— affected — — affected by —— affected by thought they saw. ladies— —— affected by thought they saw. ladies and — —— affected by thought they saw. ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests— ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests that — ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests that the _ ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests that the faculty— ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests that the faculty of- ladies and gentlemen, our evidence suggests that the faculty of arts - suggests that the faculty of arts shooter— suggests that the faculty of arts shooter is— suggests that the faculty of arts shooter is indeed _ suggests that the faculty of arts shooter is indeed the _ suggests that the faculty of arts shooter is indeed the one - suggests that the faculty of arts shooter is indeed the one who. suggests that the faculty of arts i shooter is indeed the one who shot the father— shooter is indeed the one who shot the father and _ shooter is indeed the one who shot the father and has _ shooter is indeed the one who shot the father and has child _ shooter is indeed the one who shot the father and has child in- shooter is indeed the one who shot the father and has child in the - the father and has child in the first— the father and has child in the first trut— the father and has child in the first but we _ the father and has child in the first but we are _ the father and has child in the first but we are waiting - the father and has child in the first but we are waiting for- first but we are waiting for trallistic— first but we are waiting for ballistic analysis— first but we are waiting for ballistic analysis to - first but we are waiting for ballistic analysis to go - first but we are waiting for- ballistic analysis to go through. those _ ballistic analysis to go through. those would _ ballistic analysis to go through. those would recommend - ballistic analysis to go through. those would recommend that l ballistic analysis to go through. j those would recommend that it ballistic analysis to go through. . those would recommend that it is ballistic analysis to go through. - those would recommend that it is the same _ those would recommend that it is the same perpetrator— those would recommend that it is the same perpetrator but _ those would recommend that it is the same perpetrator but until _ those would recommend that it is the same perpetrator but until we - same perpetrator but until we receive — same perpetrator but until we receive that _ same perpetrator but until we receive that information, - same perpetrator but until we | receive that information, work same perpetrator but until we - receive that information, work will io receive that information, work will go on _ receive that information, work will go on in _ receive that information, work will go on in the — receive that information, work will go on in the first. _ receive that information, work will go on in the first. and _ receive that information, work will go on in the first. and the - receive that information, work will go on in the first. and the first - go on in the first. and the first has been — go on in the first. and the first has been secured _ go on in the first. and the first has been secured because - go on in the first. and the first has been secured because fori go on in the first. and the first - has been secured because for now, we cannot— has been secured because for now, we cannot confirm — has been secured because for now, we cannot confirm that _ has been secured because for now, we cannot confirm that it _ has been secured because for now, we cannot confirm that it is _ has been secured because for now, we cannot confirm that it is safe _ cannot confirm that it is safe because _ cannot confirm that it is safe because we _ cannot confirm that it is safe because we cannot - cannot confirm that it is safe because we cannot confirm i cannot confirm that it is safe - because we cannot confirm 100% that the perpetrator— because we cannot confirm 100% that the perpetrator is— because we cannot confirm 100% that the perpetrator is the _ because we cannot confirm 100% that the perpetrator is the same. - because we cannot confirm 100% that the perpetrator is the same. now, . the perpetrator is the same. now, the perpetrator is the same. now,

the last— the perpetrator is the same. now, the last speaker. _ the perpetrator is the same. now, the last speaker. from _ the perpetrator is the same. now, the last speaker. from the - the perpetrator is the same. now, the last speaker. from the rescue| the last speaker. from the rescue service~ _ the last speaker. from the rescue service. ., , ., the last speaker. from the rescue service. . , . . , . service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i would _ service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i would like _ service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i would like to _ service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i would like to express - service. ladies and gentlemen, as a doctor i would like to express my i doctor i would like to express my deepest condolences to the bereaved. this is our first involvement in this type of shooting, in this type of mass shooting and i would like to thank all my colleagues. we deplored the maximum number of people given the maximum number of people given the size of the incident. we came fast. the police came fast which enabled us to reorganise our

hospital care similarly fast. the injured were taken to hospitals that were ready. we have a central plan thatis were ready. we have a central plan that is always launched in these situations so the plan was launched, the hospitals were ready and they took great care of our patients. they did a very professionaljob. our patients have now undergone major surgery is and they are stabilised. i trust that thanks to the rescue service, thanks to the police, and its trained medical officers, we cooperated with them and it's very important, so thanks to all this work, thanks to our work

on site, the patients will be able to overcome their injuries. we not only had teaching hospitals involved, we also had another hospital involved which took great professional care of our patients. i would like to thank all hospitals in prague that cooperated. wonderful cooperation. i do not want to speak for too long, let us wish that there are as few of these incidents as possible. hospitals had to care for people who had gunshots in their limbs, chest and head. which is something they are not used to but i think they did a very good job and i think they did a very good job and i think our entire integrated rescue

system in prague works very well. firefighters, ambulances, the police. they cooperate, everything is smooth and then we can save people in this very difficult conditions. so we hope the rest of this year is better and rest assured, we will be there when you need us and with humility and professionalism, we will always do ourjob. and now, the floor is open for your questions. translation: can be specified in the number of the victims?—

can be specified in the number of the victims? ., �* , ' , , the victims? right now, it's 14 plus the victims? right now, it's14 plus the perpetrator. _ the victims? right now, it's 14 plus the perpetrator. and _ the victims? right now, it's 14 plus the perpetrator. and the _ the victims? right now, it's 14 plus the perpetrator. and the injured? l the perpetrator. and the in'ured? 25. yes, the information _ the perpetrator. and the injured? 25. yes, the information can - 25. yes, the information can sometimes be... studio: that we have the police press conference being held in prague and asking for the first question from the media was about the number of victims. a little bit of confusion about the numbers but the police saying there were 14 people who had died, plus the gunman, 25 other people injured. you can see that people are lighting candles at the scene outside the university, charles university in the centre of prague. there was quite a lot of detail that came out

during that press conference. first of all, the police talked about how they got to the gunman in the first place, they said they had learned he was on the roof of the university and that they surrounded him, when i got there they said they had some trouble finding the ref but they encircled him from all directions, it was at that point they say he took his own life so confirmation from the police that the gunman shot himself. they talked about how it was very chaotic at the scene and in particular students have barricaded themselves into rooms at the university. as they had been told to but that complicated it when the police were trying to get them out because they had to use force to get through the barricade to let the students out. also, a number of the students out. also, a number of the students had their hands in the air, the police defended the fact they got the students to hold their hands in the air because they said they had information there may be other

people at that time, not just a loan gunman, they had reports of a lady, a man, a woman with him with no way to confirm that is why they got the students to hold up their hands when they exited the building. police said they had identified all the victims and their families were informed and she heard the police defending their actions. the officer in charge saying police got there within four minutes and prevented more bloodshed from happening, they also confirmed that the dozens of officers were working to establish the facts. we will keep you updated on the latest here on bbc news. hello, there. we have seen the longest night of the year. it's the winter solstice today. and from today onwards, daylight hours are set to turn longer, so some more sunlight around.

but today, we've typically got somewhere between around aboutjust shy of 6 and just shy of 8 hours of daylight. storm pia has now cleared away towards the east. we've still got a weather front across us which is easing its way east. quite a few isobars as well. so a windy day once again, mild for most of us with a lot of cloud around. and we've got patchy rain for northern ireland, southern scotland, through northern england down towards east anglia, some brightness developing later on for southern england and south wales too. but it's across the north—east of scotland where we've got that colder air in place. blustery conditions, we could see gusts in fact about 40, even 50 miles per hour and exposure in the north—west. but temperatures in single figures in the north—east, some sleet and some hill snow across the north—east of mainland scotland, even to low levels. for a time we could see some sleet and snow towards shetland. through tonight the rain continues to pile in to the north and it's for a time it'll turn to snow, even to low levels across parts of north—east scotland. some icy conditions developing here as well. so really cold across

the far north—east. you can see the blue colours, but a real contrast for the rest of us. it's very mild as we start off the weekend with a lot of cloud generally and still we've got the breeze, and patchy outbreaks of rain. so through saturday, this weather front�*s going to be quite slow moving i think across parts of scotland. eventually it will push its way northwards and the colder airjust holding on in the far north there. but the yellow colours that shows that milder air that is in place for most of us. so saturday, some rain and some snow for a time. some icy conditions in the far north—east. probably turning back to rain later in the day. that rain also piling in further south across scotland and the odd spot further south, as well. but much of southern and eastern england looking dry, breezy but reasonably bright. temperatures are mild, 12 or 13 for most of us. into christmas eve on sunday and it looks like this area of cloud and rain just pushes a bit further south, northern ireland, northern england, wales seeing a bit of rain as well. further north, though, a return to sunny spells and a few blustery showers. so it's still unsettled. it's still mild. in fact, very mild. 15 could make it one of the warmest christmas eves on record. into christmas day and it still looks like it's unsettled. could be a bit of rain in both

the north and the south. things do look a bit colder but brighter by boxing day.

live from london, this is bbc news. as the czech republic reels from the worst mass shooting in its modern history — police say the gunman who killed 13 in its modern history — police say the gunman who killed 14 people at a university in prague shot himself as they were closing

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one from the netherlands and two from the united arab emirates.