“The security measures have just been completed. As we have already announced, no one was injured,” the police wrote on the X social network at around 9:30 in the evening. She added that the reports of the shooting were not confirmed.
The same information was published by the Minister of the Interior. At the same time, he thanked all components of the integrated rescue system for the quick, professional and perfectly coordinated intervention. According to him, teachers and students reacted to the potential threat exactly according to the rehearsed procedure.
The event took place on the Bory campus, specifically at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Economics. The patrols, including the emergency squad, came out here shortly around 4 p.m. According to university spokeswoman Andrea Čandová, one of the students called the emergency line and said he heard gunshots on the campus of ZČU.
Specialists from the Rapid Deployment Unit also arrived at the scene. A helicopter monitored the situation from the air. The dramatic moments were described to Novinka by one of the teachers who was in the laboratory with the students at the time.
“Suddenly, the policemen rushed and took us away. They searched all the premises and ran through the entire building. Only outside I learned that there should be a shooter inside. But I didn’t hear any shots or anything that resembled shooting,” said the man. At first, he had no idea if it was an exercise or an anonymous bomb report.
The evacuation involved roughly a thousand people. The police around the university completely stopped the operation of city public transport for several hours.
Less than a year ago, there was a tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. At that time, 14 people died, another 24 were injured. The attacker subsequently committed suicide.
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