Hundreds of students and other Czechs marched in silence in the Czech capital to honour the victims of the country’s worst mass killing two weeks ago that left 14 dead.
The march started at an impromptu memorial in front of Prague’s Charles University headquarters where thousands came to light candles after the December 21 shooting.
“Our academic community has been hurt but not broken,” Charles University Rector Milena Králíčková said. “Our steps on the streets of Prague towards the Faculty of Arts will symbolize our way to recovery.”
Králíčková together with Faculty of Arts Dean Eva Lehečková led the march carrying an oil lamp lit from the candles through Prague’s Old Town to the nearby Palach Square where the shooting occurred inside the main faculty building.