Bomb threat temporarily shuts down Prague's main railway station

Traffic in Prague was severely disrupted on Tuesday morning after an anonymous bomb threat prompted security restrictions at the city's main railway station.

Police evacuated the station and closed the adjacent Hlavní nádraží metro station. Train services were suspended for more than an hour, while a nearby section of the city's main thoroughfare was also closed to traffic.

The anonymous threat was received shortly after 8 a.m. As a precaution, police immediately shut the metro station before halting rail services and evacuating the railway terminal. Bomb disposal experts then carried out a thorough search of the premises.

Police later announced on X that no explosive device had been found, and the threat proved to be a false alarm.