When an incident occurred on campus ** at Charles University in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on the 21st, a reporter hiding in a safe area at the scene shouted at the gunman, trying to divert the gunman's attention and help the people escape.
Reuters 22**, the journalist's name is Irzy Forman, who works for a small Czech company that focuses on defense news, and claims to have experience in war reporting. At one point in the incident, Forman shouted to the gunman: "Hey, I'm here, shoot me!".”
The gunman was on the balcony of the top floor of the Charles University Faculty of Arts building, and Forman hid in a corner of the plaza near the building, continuously providing information to the perimeter police and urging them to fight back against the gunman, while filming the scene with his mobile phone.
In Forman's film, a policeman asks Forman what he's doing here, and he replies loudly, "So he (the gunman) won't shoot at the crowd!"What do you think I'm doing?There are people there!”
Forman's actions were praised by the Czech Republic, who believes that "he just did the right thing". In an interview with a Reuters reporter on the 22nd, he said that the position he was in at that time was absolutely safe, "no one was there, and he could hide behind obstacles." "If the gunman shoots in my direction, then he won't shoot at the fleeing people so that they have a chance to find cover. ”
With Forman's assistance, the police in the square fired at the gunman, eventually causing the gunman to lower his rifle with sights. Forman recalled: "The police fired three shots at the gunman at the time, and I think it knocked him off balance. Then he heard the police approaching from inside the building, so he ended up committing suicide. ”
The ** incident at Charles University on the 21st resulted in 14 deaths and 25 injuries. On the same day, the Czech Republic declared the 23rd as a national day of mourning. (END) (Bao Xuelin).