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Explosion Hit Palestinian Diplomat Apartment In Prague
2014-01-01
[Ynet] An official says an kaboom has rocked Prague's flat of a Paleostinian diplomat in the Czech Republic.

Prague fire spokeswoman Pavlina Adamcova says Wednesday's kaboom occurred in the Suchdol neighborhood in the Prague 6 district. Prague rescue service spokeswoman Jirina Ernestova says one person was taken to a hospital for unspecified injuries.CTK news agency and website idnes.cz reported that the Paleostinian ambassador was injured in the kaboom.
Posted by:trailing wife

#12  Sounds like another tragic work accident, the PA's workers comp insurance rates must be huge. Up there with Fishermen and Loggers.
Posted by: Retied LEO   2014-01-01 21:46  

#11  "recon we used enough dynamite there?"
Posted by: nguard   2014-01-01 18:54  

#10  Exeunt Booby, trapped...
Posted by: Mojo   2014-01-01 18:30  

#9  Perhaps he was trying to kinetically open the safe and got the wrong dose.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-01-01 16:10  

#8  "So, Watson, one must wonder whether the bomb was in the safe that hadn't been touched in 20 years....or in the Paleo Ambassador? Which is more likely?"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-01 15:35  

#7  A paleo, you say?

Luckily no humans were harmed in this operation.
Posted by: Barbara   2014-01-01 15:28  

#6  A leftover from times past, or a gift from the Mossad? Will the forensics on the residue ever see the light of day?
Posted by: gorb   2014-01-01 14:21  

#5  Not so safe, apparently...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2014-01-01 14:10  

#4  Ah, the old booby-trapped safe trick.


/Maxwell Smart
Posted by: Pappy   2014-01-01 14:03  

#3  The plot thickens...

PRAGUE — The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died Wednesday in a blast that occurred when he opened an old safe that had been left untouched for more than 20 years, officials said.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said no foul play was suspected, noting that the safe had been left untouched for more than 20 years. It also appeared that the door of the safe had been booby-trapped, according to Zoulova. It was unclear how al-Jamal tried to open it or what type of safe it was.

The safe was recently moved from the old embassy building, but it had come from a building that used to house the Palestinian Liberation Organization's offices in the 1980s, Malki said.

"The ambassador decided to open it. After he opened it, apparently something happened inside (the safe) and went off," Malki told The Associated Press.

It was not immediately clear how Malki knew the safe had been untouched for more than 20 years or why and when the safe would have been booby-trapped.


The boys leave some of their old toys laying around?
Posted by: tu3031   2014-01-01 14:00  

#2  Paleo Ambassador? I don't recall a Paleo state...hmmmm. Next up, Ruritanian PM?
Posted by: Frank G   2014-01-01 13:36  

#1  Oooopsies...

Palestinian Diplomat in Prague Dead After Explosion

The police account said there was no indication the explosion had been a terrorist attack.

More like a "work accident"...
Posted by: tu3031   2014-01-01 12:43  

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