of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university s faculty of arts in the city s old town a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pcictures, some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman was a 24 year old student who s been named by local media as david kozak. the shooting is the deadliest in the czech republic s history in a country where gun crime is relatively rare. sarah rainsford reports from prague. the centre of prague was suddenly transformed into a major crime scene. armed police rushed towards a university building as a gunman stalked the corridors there. at this point, he was still on the loose. and these were the scenes at charles university. desperate students clinging for their lives to a ledge. their fear of falling overtaken by the fear of the gunman metres away on the roof. as the
they confirmed that lenka hlavkova the head of the university s institute of musicology was one of those shot dead. outside the university, people have been leaving flowers and candles. saturday has been declared a day of national mourning across the czech republic. in a friday morning news conference, police showed bodycam video from their officers. it shows them entering the building to find the gunman. there had been some criticism of their response, but the police said the time between receiving the first emergency call and officers stepping into the building was four minutes. police said the gunman took his own life following the attack. he s been named by local media as 24 year old student david kozak. let s get more from that news conference where prague s chief police officer gave his reaction to thursday s shooting. translation: i was there on site. i was severely impacted by and shattered to see it. and i ve been with the police force for a0 years. around 220, 2
one from the netherlands and two from the united arab emirates. all those killed were czech nationals. the shooting happened in the heart of prague as the gunman opened fire at charles university s faculty of arts in the city s old town, which is a major tourist attraction. authorities evacuated staff and students, who were told to stay put and lock themselves inside classrooms. as you can see from these pictures some climbed on to rooftops and window ledges to escape the gunfire. police said the gunman took his own life following the attack. he s been named by local media as 24 year old student david kozak. a member of the prague police force gave this description of the response to the incident using footage filmed by cameras mounted on police officers to illustrate what had happened. translation: this classroom was, the attack was three translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, translation: this classroom was, the attack was three hours, make
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it s evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet proof cage, one of president putin s most prominent critics. vladimir kara murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, the maximum possible. 25 years in prison. access to the courtroom was heavily restricted. along with otherjournalists and foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara murza has been a high profile opponent of the kremlin. he helped persuad
nearly 16,000 people. there s been an increase in people taking up detectoring in the british countryside but should their discoveries be finders keepers? next week will mark the one year anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine. in the past hour, the uk prime minister rishi sunak has told world leaders meeting munich that the international response to russia s aggression in ukraine has not been strong enough. mr sunak said that the sovereignty and security of every nation was at stake in the war. we need a military strategy for ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, to win the war, and a particle strategy to win the peace. to win the war, ukraine needs more artillery, armoured vehicles and air defence so now is the moment to double down on our military support. when vladamir putin started this war, he gambled that our resolve would falter. even now, he is betting that we will lose our nerve, but we have proved him wrong then and we will prove him wrong