A STUDENT who shot useless 14 folks confessed in his suicide be aware to the sooner killings of a two-month-old child and her father, police revealed.
The woodland murders got here six days earlier than David Kozak, 24, went on the rampage at a Prague college on December 21 — the Czech Republic’s worst ever mass capturing.
He injured an extra 25 folks whereas firing from a rooftop balcony in half-hour of terror — then shot himself as armed police closed in.
Police stated he had additionally killed his father, taking his whole variety of victims to 17.
Investigators are but to disclose his motives.
However a police spokesman stated: “I can verify we secured a letter the place the perpetrator wrote that he dedicated the murders. The contents of the doc can’t be made public at the moment as a result of ongoing investigation.”
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A terrifying video from the scene of the attack shows Kozak – a historical past pupil who fantasised about “changing into a maniac” – prowling round a rooftop at Charles College.
Armed with an computerized rifle and wearing black, the shooter is filmed calmly selecting off his victims one after the other.
A courageous man can then be heard screaming: “Hey you, shoot right here f*****!” in a bid to halt Kozak’s bullet barrage and save the lives of others.
Undeterred, the crazed gunman continued together with his killing spree as he turned to purpose at folks on the bottom and loud photographs rung out.
“He’s capturing, get to cowl,” the person shouted.
He then desperately tried to alert police to the 24-year-old’s actual location to place an finish to the bloodshed.
The bloodbath started on Thursday afternoon at round 3pm when Kozak opened fireplace on the School of Arts constructing in Jan Palach Sq. – an space standard with vacationers and Christmas customers.
And underneath a hour later, Kozak had dedicated the worst mass capturing within the Czech Republic’s historical past – leaving 14 useless and 25 injured, together with 10 significantly.