Slovakia arrest over threat to copy Prague attack

Police in Slovakia say they have arrested a man who had threatened to carry out a massacre similar to Thursday’s mass shooting in Prague.

They say a 64-year-old was held in the northern city of Zilina after he called emergency services claiming he intended to do “what happened in Prague”.

He now faces prosecution for spreading general alarm, which carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison.

On Thursday a student opened fire at a Prague university, killing 14 people.

Czech police have also made a number of arrests since the shooting.

One man had called emergency services the same evening to say he wanted to acquire a gun to carry out a similar massacre.

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