(Prague) Czech police announced Thursday that a gunman who killed several people and injured dozens more in a university building in central Prague had been “eliminated.”
“The shooter has been eliminated!” ” said the police on X, the old Twitter.
“The building is currently evacuated and there are several dead and dozens injured on the scene,” she added in this brief statement.
According to Czech media, the shooting occurred at the Faculty of Arts, where teachers and students were ordered to lock themselves up during the police intervention.
Private television channel Nova TV reported an explosion and a shooter on the roof of the building in Prague’s historic center.
Interior Minister Vit Rakusan told state television that the presence of “no other shooters” had been “confirmed” and called on the population to follow police instructions.
Police closed the area and asked people living nearby to stay home.