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Blast kills Palestinian diplomat in Prague Blast kills Palestinian diplomat in Prague when opening safe
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A Palestinian diplomat has been killed by an explosion at his home in the Czech capital Prague. A Palestinian diplomat has been killed in an explosion at his home in the Czech capital, Prague, in what police say appears to have been an accident.
Jamal al-Jamal, the head of the Palestinian mission, had been taken to hospital after the explosion but died of his injuries some four hours later. Jamal al-Jamal, head of the Palestinian mission, died of his injuries in hospital four hours after the blast
Palestinian officials said the blast happened when Mr Jamal was moving a safe. Czech police say there is no evidence that it was a planned attack. It happened when Mr Jamal tried to open a safe that had been sealed for more than 20 years, officials say.
A 52-year-old woman was also taken to hospital suffering from shock. Czech police have said that the explosion might have been triggered by a safety device fitted to the safe.
The explosion happened at a two-storey property in the city's Suchdol district. "The safe was sitting neglected in one of the areas of the old embassy. No one had touched it for 20 to 25 years," Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki told the Associated Press news agency.
Palestinian mission spokesman Nabil El-Fahel told Czech public radio Mr Jamal had been in the flat with his family at the time of the explosion. A 52-year-old woman - believed to be Mr Jamal's wife - was also taken to hospital after the explosion at the diplomat's two-storey property in the city's Suchdol district.
Mr Jamal had only recently moved into the property. Mr Jamal had only recently moved into the property and Palestinian officials have been quoted as saying that he had been moving the safe from an old embassy building to the new one.
Palestinian officials have been quoted as saying the blast took place when Mr Jamal attempted to move a safe from an old embassy building to the new one.
"The device was in a safe and was triggered after the door of the safe was opened. The police are not ruling out that the device was a part of the safe," Czech police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova told Reuters.
There are no visible signs of damage to the house from the street, according to a Reuters reporter at the scene.There are no visible signs of damage to the house from the street, according to a Reuters reporter at the scene.
The Palestinian foreign ministry said it would send a delegation to Prague to assist with the investigation.The Palestinian foreign ministry said it would send a delegation to Prague to assist with the investigation.
The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which is recognised by the UN and Israel as representing the Palestinian people, has diplomats based in European and other capitals, and has a mission in Prague.The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which is recognised by the UN and Israel as representing the Palestinian people, has diplomats based in European and other capitals, and has a mission in Prague.