Overview
- Czech police said they detained a foreign national who turned himself in and claimed the firebomb attack on Prague’s Russian House.
- Police said he had planned the attack since last summer and they did not release his nationality or other details.
- The center’s director told Russia’s Tass agency that six Molotov cocktails were thrown and three failed to explode.
- The Russian House, a state-funded cultural center without diplomatic status, had broken glass and smoke stains but did not catch fire, and no injuries were reported.
- Russia condemned the attack and its embassy asked for stronger protection of its institutions, and the Czech Foreign Ministry also denounced the incident.