Hungary suffers college shooting

Thu Nov 26 2009 13:03:55

At least one person has died and three others injured at a university in Hungary after a student opened fire.

He started shooting in the southern city of Pecs, according to a college spokesman.

The national news agency MTI has said a 23-year-old man burst into the biophysics research institute at Pecs University and started firing.

It's reported that police have caught the gunman, whose motives are unknown.

Pecs University's website states it 'dates back to 1367, when it was established by King Louis, as the first Hungarian university.'

It is one of the most prominent institutions in the country with ten different faculties and 30,000 students.

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