Czechs investigate fire at warehouse after reports of anti-Israel group claiming responsibility
The Hindu
Czech authorities investigate a suspected arson at a drone technology warehouse linked to anti-Israel group claims.
Czech authorities said on Friday (March 20, 2026) they were investigating a fire at a warehouse of a company that makes drone technology as a suspected arson linked to terrorism.
The fire broke out in an industrial zone in the city of Pardubice, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of Prague, causing no injuries, police said.
LPP Holding confirmed a fire in one of its buildings. It said it was cooperating with the investigation and declined further comment.
The company develops and makes products for civilian and military use, such as drone technologies used by Ukraine’s armed forces in the fight against the Russian attack.
Czech news website Aktualne.cz reported that a protest group said it had set fire to a “key manufacturing hub” for Israeli weapons in Pardubice to end its role in the “genocide in Gaza.”
Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar said “the incident may be related to a terrorist attack.”
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