The police have not yet accused anyone, but they plan to report all participants in the event and its organizers to the municipality, which will conduct administrative proceedings and decide on fines. “Two people, probably from security, were standing outside at the entrance gate to the passage, gradually taking people inside from there to the club,” one of the old settlers told Práva on Thursday.
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He added that the summer in their house was more stormy, especially when no government measures were in place. No wonder, the property is a short walk from Charles Bridge. “People worked outside here in the summer, so at the owner’s command, everything took place inside. After the government order, it was relatively quiet in the autumn, whoever came here went straight to the club, “said the occupant of the house.
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Police are trying to get to the cellar in Anenská Street
Another of the locals spoke in the same way, he allegedly saw dozens of people gradually entering the courtyard and heading to the club, always with the participation of security guards. “And it happened here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday,” said an unnamed occupant of the house.
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Owners: We don’t know anything
However, the owners of the property denied that there were any boisterous parties in the place, or that they did not have a couple of any, according to them. And if someone says something else, it’s just gossip.
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“We don’t know about such parties, nobody told us anything, there were no problems. In addition, we often do not stay here at night, “remarked one of his co-owners in the office right in the house.
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A man who runs a music store in the courtyard of the house spoke similarly. “I think it was a police provocation. Nothing happened here, there were no problems, “said the store operator when asked by Práva, but at the same time he admitted that he is not there at night and the club is closed during the day.
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Police officers in the center of Prague ended an illegal party
But Friday night’s reality was different. Police in The Clock Tower Bar Crawl found a total of 119 young people in the raid shortly before midnight on Friday, enjoying a banned event, plus veils. 102 of them were foreigners, mostly students from the Erasmus exchange program, the remaining 17 had Czech citizenship.
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The police wrote down their meeting, they took eight of the main alleged organizers of the party to the service station, but they did not accuse anyone, as Jan Daněk, a spokesman for the Prague police, confirmed to Práva yesterday.
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He specified that all participants in the event and its organizers will be reported by the police to the municipality, which will conduct administrative proceedings with them and decide on fines. These can reach up to twenty thousand for each, for business operators up to three million. “It has not been announced to the office yet, we have thirty days to do so,” a police spokesman added on Thursday.
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Police officers in the center of Prague ended illegal parties
Photo: Aktu.cz
The club was closed on Thursday afternoon, the entrance to it was lined with bars and a wooden pallet. The owners of the house do not know whether it will open now after the government measures have been relaxed, the American business operator had his phone switched off again.
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The mentioned club The Clock Tower Bar Crawl attracts mainly foreigners who go to Prague to enjoy as much drinking and alcohol as possible. As the daily Blesk pointed out at the beginning of the week, the club’s website even contains the message “The Czech Republic may be in quarantine, but some of us still know how to steam”, plus a contact where those interested in the party should contact.
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The organizers convened them on Friday via social networks, stating that if someone wanted to arrive at the club, they had to tell the security guard present at the entrance gate from Anenská Street.
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Damaged aged gate
It was through this sturdy three-leaf wooden gate that the police broke into the building on Friday night, using a hammer to knock out the door. The consequences can be seen so far, the owners of the house had to fasten the middle part with metal slices to hold it at all.
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“At the same time, the gate was unlocked even at night, it is a passage from Anenská to Karlova street. All they had to do was lift the pin and they didn’t have to take a hammer. In addition, it is a listed building, “said one of the property’s owners on Thursday.
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They and their colleagues are said to be worried about how to repair the old wooden gate. “It will definitely not be cheap and at this time it is not easy to get a carpenter and blacksmith,” added one of the owners.
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