“The Czech Republic is a sovereign state and must adequately react to those unprecedented findings,” Mr Babis said. The Czech police said the two men were also using passports issued by Moldova for Nicolai Popa and a passport issued by Tajikistan for Ruslan Tabarov. They said the two also visited the capital of Prague and another north-eastern Czech region. Another explosion of 13 tons of ammunition occurred in the depot on December 3 of that same year. “We’re in a similar situation like Britain in the attempted poisoning case in Salisbury in 2018,” Mr Hamacek said, without elaborating.

Source: Irish Independent April 18, 2021 10:30 UTC