Special security and traffic measures in place in Prague and Brno

The Pope will celebrate two open-air masses in Brno and in Stará Boleslav over the coming days and major security and traffic measures have been taken to deal with the 100,000 people expected to attend the events. Traffic restrictions will be in place throughout Saturday around the Prague Castle district, and a part of the country’s main east-west motorway, the D1, will be closed near Brno from Saturday evening through Sunday. 450 soldiers and 300 elite police officers are charged with securing the stops on the pope’s schedule, and 1,000 police officers will be on patrol for the first mass at the airport in Brno.