Police are investigating a mass bomb threat sent to around 400 offices, shopping centers, and other buildings across the Czech Republic.
Authorities said they were gradually contacting the affected operators and carrying out checks while most buildings continued normal operations. Based on the information available so far, police assessed the seriousness of the threat as low.
“This morning, we received notification of a mass threat to place an explosive device in buildings across the Czech Republic,” police said, as cited by Echo24, adding that approximately 400 recipients had been targeted.
Operators who received the warning but had not yet contacted authorities were urged to call the 158 emergency line.
According to iDNES, the headquarters of the Ministry of the Environment in Prague’s Vršovice district was evacuated after receiving a warning that an explosive device had been placed inside the building.
Employees were ordered to work from home for the remainder of the day while police searched the premises.
“According to the decision of the security director, the building was immediately evacuated, and employees were ordered to work from home all day for security reasons,” ministry deputy spokesperson Kateřina Pacíková said.
Several other government buildings, including the Chamber of Deputies, Senate, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Labor Office, Labor Inspectorate, and Czech Social Security Administration, said they had not received threats.
Authorities declined to disclose further details about how the threats were delivered or their exact contents, but said additional information would be released when available.
