Five hundred people evacuated from Prague building following bomb scare

Police on Friday evacuated 500 employees and visitors from the Trade Unions Building in Prague 3 as the result of a bomb scare. An anonymous caller warned the authorities an explosives system had been installed inside. Specialists called in to investigate, however, did not find evidence of any tampering. It is not the first time the building has suffered a bomb scare; according to the head of the largest trade unions association, Josef Středula, the site has been targeted before but had not suffered a similar call in several years.