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<\/div>\nPolice closed the area and asked people living nearby to stay at home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Czech police said Thursday a gunman had killed several people at a university building in central Prague before being “eliminated”.<\/p>\n
“The gunman was eliminated!!!” police said on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n
“The building is currently being evacuated and there are several dead and dozens of wounded people on the scene,” the statement added.<\/p>\n
Czech media said the shooting had occurred at the Charles University Faculty of Arts whose teachers and students were instructed to lock themselves up as police action was under way.<\/p>\n
The private Nova TV reported a blast and a gunman on the roof of the building in Prague’s historic centre.<\/p>\n
Interior Minister Vit Rakusan told the public Czech TV “no other gunman has been confirmed” and called on people to follow police instructions.<\/p>\n
Police closed the area and asked people living nearby to stay at home.<\/p>\n
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