Shooting incident reported at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň

A shooting incident has been reported at the University of West Bohemia in Plzeň. A rapid deployment police unit is intervening at the scene. The campus is being evacuated and the police are reportedly searching the premises. According to a brief statement on the X platform, gunshots were heard on the campus of the University of West Bohemia at a few minutes after 4pm, but no other details have been released. No one has been reported killed or injured.

The incident comes less than a year after the tragic shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague in which a student shot 14 people and injured 25 others. The perpetrator committed suicide after the attack.