Attack by mistake: Czech police "hacked" a school instead of a training exercise (4 photos)

The Czechs had a blast the other day. Czech special forces were conducting counter-terrorism exercises, but there was a hitch. Instead of terrorists, they stormed... children.





During routine counter-terrorism training in the Czech Republic, police from the Rapid Response Team (Zásahová jednotka) staged a real circus. On October 16, 2025, in Varnsdorf (Děčín district, northern Czech Republic), the troops stormed a nearby high school instead of a former elementary school. They built a bunch of buildings nearby, you see.

Special forces in full gear with machine guns and bulletproof vests scared the crap out of students and teachers who hadn't been warned about the maneuvers.



The "Odolné Česko 2025" exercise focused on capturing a facility with an active shooter. The scenario: an aggressor attacks a classroom with a firearm, and the police respond to a 911 call. Everything went according to plan in the former elementary school building on Seifertova Street—with actor victims and "shooting" scenes.





But the first group got confused about the coordinates: instead of their target, they broke through the side entrance of the school. Students aged 14-16, sitting in history class, hid under their desks, and the teachers froze in shock. The soldiers, mistaking them for "excellent actors," continued their "cleanup": they searched the classrooms, "detained" several "suspects," and even put plastic zip ties on the school principal's wrists. To keep him on his toes.



The farce ended the command call after seven minutes, when they noticed a GPS glitch and decided to urgently evacuate the detachment of fighters from the school.

The police director in Děčín apologized, and the school canceled classes for half a day for psychological counseling. The Ministry of Defense promises an investigation and calls it an "accident."