- Title: Shooting memorial candles light up Prague university square
- Date: 22nd December 2023
- Summary: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (DECEMBER 22, 2023) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) PEOPLE STANDING BY MAKESHIFT MEMORIAL WITH CANDLES AND FLOWERS FOR VICTIMS OF SHOOTING CANDLES AND FLOWERS ON GROUND WOMAN CRYING WOMEN EMBRACING VARIOUS OF PEOPLE LOOKING AT MEMORIAL PERSON HOLDING CANDLE, PLACING IT ON GROUND AMONG HUNDREDS OF OTHERS VARIOUS OF CANDLES AND FLOWERS WOMAN WITH CHIDLREN LIGHTING CANDLE PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLES CANDLES LIGHTING PEOPLE STANDING BY MEMORIAL PEOPLE LIGHTING CANDLES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING BY MEMORIAL
- Embargoed: 5th January 2024 18:52
- Keywords: Prague shooting candles for victims memorial for shooting victims shooting in Czech Republic students killed university shooting
- Location: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- City: PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC
- Country: Czech Republic
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime,Europe
- Reuters ID: LVA001788922122023RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Czechs mourned the victims of the country's worst mass shooting as police tightened security around schools and other public buildings across the country on Friday (December 22).
Hundreds of candles lit up a square outside the university where a student gunman killed 14 people on Thursday (December 21).
People outside the Charles University paid tribute to the victims. Some knelt to light candles and lay flowers while others stood crying and hugging.
The government declared Saturday (December 23) a national day of mourning.
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