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2014-01-01 Europe

Explosion Hit Palestinian Diplomat Apartment In Prague

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Posted by trailing wife 2014-01-01 08:26|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top
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#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|| 2014-01-01 12:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Paleo Ambassador? I don't recall a Paleo state...hmmmm. Next up, Ruritanian PM?

Posted by Frank G 2014-01-01 13:36|| 2014-01-01 13:36|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-01-01 14:00|| Front Page Top

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

/Maxwell Smart

Posted by Pappy 2014-01-01 14:03|| 2014-01-01 14:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Not so safe, apparently...

Posted by M. Murcek 2014-01-01 14:10|| 2014-01-01 14:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-01-01 14:21|| Front Page Top

#7 A paleo, you say?

Luckily no humans were harmed in this operation.

Posted by Barbara 2014-01-01 15:28|| 2014-01-01 15:28|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-01-01 15:35|| Front Page Top

#9 Perhaps he was trying to kinetically open the safe and got the wrong dose.

Posted by Shipman 2014-01-01 16:10|| 2014-01-01 16:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Exeunt Booby, trapped...

Posted by Mojo 2014-01-01 18:30|| 2014-01-01 18:30|| Front Page Top

#11 "recon we used enough dynamite there?"

Posted by nguard 2014-01-01 18:54|| 2014-01-01 18:54|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2014-01-01 21:46|| Front Page Top

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