Police in the Czech capital say that multiple people were killed or injured
A gunman has killed multiple people and injured dozens more in the Czech capital of Prague, police said on Thursday. Reports suggest that the incident took place at a university campus.
Czech police rushed to Jan Palach square in central Prague on Thursday afternoon amid reports of a shooting. In a post to social media, the force said that several people were found dead at the scene, and that dozens more were injured.
The shooter was “eliminated” by officers, the police said, adding that the building where the incident took place was being evacuated.
The police force said that the shooting took place at a school, which Czech media identified as the philosophy department of Charles University. The university is located in a busy area of the city, near to the historic Charles Bridge.
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