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| Palestinian envoy dies after “accidental” Prague blast | |||||
| 2014-01-02 | |||||
PRAGUE -- The Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic died on Wednesday after a blast at his Prague residence that police said was an accident rather than a terror attack. The blast was likely caused by an anti-theft system on the door of a safe that Jamal al-Jamal was opening at the time, Prague police said.
spokesperson for the emergency services. Police later confirmed that he had died. "The evidence the police has doesn't suggest anything like a terror attack or that a specific person would set up a system with the intention to hurt or kill anyone," police spokesperson Andrea Zoulova told AFP. Daniel Langer, surgeon at the Prague military hospital to which Jamal was taken, told Czech television the ambassador had suffered devastating "head, belly and chest injuries following an explosion."
"Minutes after opening the safe the explosion took place, causing serious injury to Ambassador Jamal who was taken to hospital and operated on," the ministry said in a statement. Zoulova said police were searching a building next door which also belongs to the Palestinian embassy. But she said she was unable to confirm a report on the Novinky.cz news site that police had found "a significant quantity of weapons and explosives" in the building. "We cannot rule out mishandling the device. The victim has died so it will be harder to prove the cause," she said. Police advised people living in the area to leave their homes while the investigation is under way, but said there was no danger of another explosion.
The Czech Republic is a staunch ally of Israel, and when Jamal arrived in Prague he had to ask the outspoken Czech President Milos Zeman to correct his suggestion that the Czech embassy in Israel should move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Such a move suggesting Jerusalem is the true capital of Israel is unthinkable for most Palestinians who claim rights to the eastern part of the city.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #3 So the Czechs are covering for Mossad, right? More likely, just another case of Paleo playing with explosives. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-01-02 08:18 |
| #2 Exploded 'while he was opening the safe' or 'minutes after opening the safe'? If it was after, he didn't look inside the safe and see a 'splody-thingy? And "The evidence ... doesn't suggest anything ... that a specific person would set up a system with the intention to hurt or kill anyone." It seems, regardless of intent, somebody got hurt. So the Czechs are covering for Mossad, right? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-01-02 07:52 |
| #1 unthinkable - I do not think this word means what you think it means |
| Posted by: Frank G 2014-01-02 07:43 |