Several dead in shooting in downtown Prague, police say gunman ‘eliminated’
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Gunman kills several people at a university building in central Prague before being ‘eliminated’.
Czech police say a gunman has killed several people at a university building in central Prague before being “eliminated”.
“The gunman was eliminated!!! The building is currently being evacuated and there are several dead and dozens of wounded people on the scene,” police said on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday.
Police gave no details about the victims or the circumstances of the gunfire in the Czech Republic’s capital. They say officers were deployed due to the shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square.
Czech media reported the shooting has occurred at the Charles University Faculty of Arts whose teachers and students were instructed to lock themselves up as police action was under way.
The private Nova TV reported a blast and a gunman on the roof of the building in Prague’s historic centre.
