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Police in Prague are on alert after a shooting incident erupted at a school on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
People were seen fleeing for their lives with reports suggesting fatalities had been endured at the scene.<\/p>\n
Locals of the surrounding area of N\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed Jan Palach have been warned of the incident, with police warning people to stay away.<\/p>\n
Czech media reports the incident took place at the local university’s Faculty of Philosophy.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: <\/strong> Jihadist attack on Spain thwarted as radicalised teenagers arrested<\/strong><\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong> <\/strong>Czech police tweeted: “We are currently responding to a reported shooting at a school in N\u00e1m\u011bst\u00ed Jan Palach.<\/p>\n “At the moment, all components of the IZS are going to the place. We will provide more information as soon as possible.”<\/p>\n One of the students stuck in the school, Jakob Weizmann, took to X to say he and other students were waiting to be evacuated.<\/p>\n He wrote: “Currently stuck inside my classroom in Prague. Shooter is dead, but we are waiting to be evacuated. Praying to make it out alive.<\/p>\n “Locked the door before the shooter tried to open it.”<\/p>\n
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