Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
10BRATISLAVA29
2010-01-22 16:44:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bratislava
Cable title:
SLOVAK POLICE MAKE FIRST CHARGE UNDER TERRORISM LAWS
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UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000029
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE J. MOORE, M. LIBBY
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV LO
SUBJECT: SLOVAK POLICE MAKE FIRST CHARGE UNDER TERRORISM LAWS
REF: BRATISLAVA 007
UNCLAS BRATISLAVA 000029
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE J. MOORE, M. LIBBY
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV LO
SUBJECT: SLOVAK POLICE MAKE FIRST CHARGE UNDER TERRORISM LAWS
REF: BRATISLAVA 007
1. (U) A 33 year-old man from central Slovakia is the first
person to be charged under the country's relatively new
anti-terrorism laws. According to Police President Jan Packa,
who briefed the media on Thursday, January 21, the man had
explosives in his home and was planning to blow up a church. He
admitted that he wanted to keep people from being influenced by
the Catholic Church, which he considers a pernicious social
influence.
2. (U) The alleged terrorist, whose name has not yet been
released, studied pharmacology in a Slovak technical university
and has been charged with producing and dealing drugs in the
past. It is reported that police found the explosives in
October 2009 during a search of his home.
3. (SBU) While it is not clear exactly when the suspect
confessed to his anti-church campaign, one police source was
skeptical about the announcement's timing. With recent scandals
for the Slovak police--most notably, one involving a training
exercise that put high explosives on a Dublin-bound airliner
(reftel)--this source speculated that the police needed a
positive news story.
EDDINS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EUR/CE J. MOORE, M. LIBBY
SENSITIVE, SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER PGOV LO
SUBJECT: SLOVAK POLICE MAKE FIRST CHARGE UNDER TERRORISM LAWS
REF: BRATISLAVA 007
1. (U) A 33 year-old man from central Slovakia is the first
person to be charged under the country's relatively new
anti-terrorism laws. According to Police President Jan Packa,
who briefed the media on Thursday, January 21, the man had
explosives in his home and was planning to blow up a church. He
admitted that he wanted to keep people from being influenced by
the Catholic Church, which he considers a pernicious social
influence.
2. (U) The alleged terrorist, whose name has not yet been
released, studied pharmacology in a Slovak technical university
and has been charged with producing and dealing drugs in the
past. It is reported that police found the explosives in
October 2009 during a search of his home.
3. (SBU) While it is not clear exactly when the suspect
confessed to his anti-church campaign, one police source was
skeptical about the announcement's timing. With recent scandals
for the Slovak police--most notably, one involving a training
exercise that put high explosives on a Dublin-bound airliner
(reftel)--this source speculated that the police needed a
positive news story.
EDDINS