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Prague Police: Killed Palestine Envoy Held Explosive in Hand
2014-04-01
[AnNahar] The Paleostinian ambassador to Prague who died in a blast at his residence on New Year's Day was holding the explosive in his hand when it went off, a police spokeswoman told Agence La Belle France Presse on Monday.

"An experimental blast carried out by experts confirms this theory," Prague police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova said, denying earlier reports that the blast was caused by a booby-trapped safe.

Jamal al-Jamal, 56, died in hospital on January 1, only three months after taking up his post, following an kaboom that occurred soon after he opened a safe.

"The explosive was not placed on the door or inside the safe and was not there to protect the safe," Zoulova said, adding that the investigation was ongoing.

After the incident, Czech police found 12 firearms at the Paleostinian embassy in Prague, including submachine guns and sidearms that were not officially registered in the Czech Republic.

Local media said the weapons were produced in the former Czechoslovakia and supplied to the Paleostine Liberation Organization before communism fell in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6  LOL, bad Raj, bad.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-04-01 18:13  

#5  "Police were stumped?"

If he was holding the bomb in his hand, his arm was, Raj. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara   2014-04-01 15:52  

#4  A bomb in the hand is worth two in the... wait, that doesn't work.
Posted by: SteveS   2014-04-01 15:35  

#3  ... was holding the explosive in his hand when it went off,

Police were stumped?
Posted by: Raj   2014-04-01 14:38  

#2  I am thinking Paleo High Skool chemistry lab must be a bitch to live thru pass.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-04-01 07:45  

#1  "It's a cultural thing. You wouldn't understand. All Paleo diplomats are given explosives"
Posted by: Frank G   2014-04-01 07:37  

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