Images show students hiding from gunman during Prague shooting

Numerous people are dead and many more injured

Police have given no details about the victims of the circumstances surrounding the gunfire which broke out earlier this afternoon in the country's capital.

Interior Minister Vit Rakusan later confirmed that the gunman has been 'eliminated'.

He added that there is no other suspect at the scene and there is no imminent further danger.

Terrifying footage from the scene of the attack has since been shared on local news showing some apparent students hiding on a ledge from the gunman on the other side.

Police said that officers were deployed to a shooting at a school in Jan Palach Square.

The philosophical faculty of Charles University located at the square has been evacuated.

The square has been sealed off and police have urged people to leave the surrounding areas and stay inside.

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