Squatters Have Occupied the Roof of a House in Prague. After Futile Negotiations, They Are Waiting for Them to Come Down.

On Wednesday, police intervened at an abandoned house in Prague 6 because of a group of squatters who had occupied the building. Some of the group of about ten people left voluntarily, while the rest refused to be told. They also climbed onto the roof, where a negotiator climbed up on a platform to follow them. The conversation led nowhere, and the police assessed the intervention against them as too dangerous.

Police intervened today because of about a dozen squatters who occupied an abandoned house in Prague 6. After several hours of negotiations, the police ended the action because some members of the group climbed onto the wet roof and it was not possible to get them down safely. The police are investigating the case on suspicion of unauthorized interference with the right to a house, apartment or non-residential space, which carries a penalty of u…