Czech Police Find Weapons at Palestinian Mission

BY JAN LOPATKA, REUTERS

2 JANUARY 2014
Czech investigators found unregistered wea!ns at the Palestinian diplomatic mission in
Prague, police said on Thursday, a day after the ambassador was killed in a mysterious explosion
after opening a safe.
The Czech foreign ministry said it was concerned by the discovery, which it called a possible
breach of diplomatic rules, and would demand an explanation.
"e have gathered many pieces of evidence, we se"ured wea!ns that will be sub!ect to expert
evaluation," Prague police chief #artin $!ndrase% said on Czech "adio.
"e can say the weapons have not gone through a registration process in the Czech "epublic,"
he said, without revealing the #uantity and type.
Police reiterated they believed the blast that killed ambassadorJa&a' a'(Ja&a' on $ew %ear&s
'ay may have been caused by mishandling an e)'!si*e that could have been se"uring t+e
sa,e. They have said they are not treating it as an attack or a terrorist incident. . . .
The Czech foreign ministry said it was concerned by the discovery. (t said diplomats& weapons
were sub!ect to local laws on arms, which re#uire registration and licensing.
"T+e &inistr- is "!n"erned that among evidence...were weapons not registered in the Czech
"epublic," the ministry said in a statement.