The Hungarian embassy is in contact with the university where the shooting took place and with the police, Tamás Menczer, the state secretary for bilateral relations of the ministry of foreign affairs and trade, said on Facebook.

He expressed sympathy for the family members of the victims and the injured, adding that they were “in our prayers”.

The shooting spree took place on Thursday afternoon on Jan Palach Square in front of the Institute of Philosophy of Charles University in Prague.