'Shoot here!': reporter screams at Prague gunman to help people flee


Members of the police stand guard following a shooting at one of Charles University's buildings in Prague, Czech Republic, December 22, 2023. REUTERS/David W Cerny

(This story contains language that some readers may find offensive in paragraph 1)

PRAGUE (Reuters) - "Hey, you f*****, here I am, shoot here!" screamed a Czech reporter trying to distract a gunman who killed 14 people at a university building in Prague on Thursday, helping people to flee the country's worst mass shooting.

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