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ARRESTS A member of an elite Czech military unit is among three suspects in connection with the death of a German man killed in west Bohemia in early June, Czech News Agency (ČTK) reported June 22. The 35-year-old victim was robbed, killed and his body cut into pieces and buried, police said. The suspect, who serves in Žatec, north Bohemia, was arrested along with another man and a woman.

PLANE CRASH Three Czechs were among 22 people on a plane that disappeared in Cambodia June 25, ČTK reported. The Cambodian PMT Air flight is believed to have crashed in an area of dense jungle. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said the victims, two men and a woman, were between the ages of 19 and 21, but would not release their identities.

DNA The Police Presidium is planning to beef up the national DNA database by taking samples from criminals convicted of violent crimes, Prima TV reported June 25. Experts disagree on whether DNA can be taken from criminals without their consent. Ombudsman Otakar Motejl said samples should not be taken by force.
LAWSUIT City Hall will sue trade unions for setting up a speaking platform on Wenceslas Square during labor protests June 23, daily Mladá fronta Dnes reported June 26. The unions had permission to protest but not to set up the stage, City Hall said.
RULING The Prague Municipal Court ruled June 25 to cancel the verdict in the case of Jan Antonín Baťa, brother of the founder of the Baťa shoe company, who was convicted in absentia in 1947 for collaborating with the Nazis. His nephew, Tomáš Baťa, 91, testified that the trial had been politically manipulated, ČTK reported.


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