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Suspect in attack on Russia’s Prague cultural centre turns himself in

By Thomson Reuters Mar 31, 2026 | 5:58 AM

PRAGUE, March 31 (Reuters) – A foreign national has turned himself in to Czech ​police, admitting that he ‌threw petrol bombs at the building of a Russian culture centre in Prague last week, ‌police ​said on Tuesday.

Police ⁠did not further ⁠identify the suspect detained on Monday.

“It is a foreigner who, according to his own ​words, had planned the act and was preparing ⁠for it ⁠since summer 2025,” police ​said on X.

An attacker threw ​several petrol bombs at the ‌building last Thursday night.

Pictures released by the police showed a charred facade of the ⁠building in the Prague 6 district that is home to many ⁠diplomatic ‌missions, including the Russian ⁠one.

The Russian embassy ​said ‌last week that an ​attacker or ⁠attackers threw six bottles filled with flammable liquid, three of which damaged the facade.

(Reporting by Jan Lopatka;Editing by ​Alison Williams)