Students evacuated at University of Hradec Králové

A large-scale police intervention is taking place at the University of Hradec Králové, the Czech News Agency reports. Hundreds of students have been evacuated from all three buildings on the Na Soutoku campus in the centre of the city and dozens of police officers are on the scene.

The university is one of several in Czechia to receive an anonymous email on Monday morning trying to extort money under threat of carrying out a mass shooting. The police are searching for the perpetrator and have undertaken security measures.