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One soldier was killed and eight were hurt in a weapons explosion at a military testing facility in the Czech area of Libava, according to the Defense Ministry. Seven of those injured were soldiers.
The government provided no further information about the June 17 blast, which had taken place at a military tests facility since 1949.
” The people of the injured and the dying man have been notified”, the ministry , added.
Following a string of damage incidents in EU states that have been attributed to Russia, the Czech Republic lately urged Brussels to halt the action of Russian officials and their families.
Russian agents were implicated in two munitions depot explosions that left two workers dead in the northeast Bohemian village of Vrbetice in April, according to Bohemian police, who confirmed the revelation in April.
