Posted on 01/01/2014 10:56:21 AM PST by Eleutheria5
The Palestinian Authority's ambassador to the Czech Republic has died of wounds sustained in an explosion which rocked his house in the capital Prague.
Jamal al-Jamal was rushed to hospital in a serious condition following the explosion, which apparently occurred as he was opening a safe or container of some kind.
Contrary to initial reports that his family were unharmed despite being in the building at the time, it has been confirmed that al-Jamal's wife was also hurt in the blast.
A spokeswoman for Prague Emergency Services told CNN that the 57 year-old ambassador has been taken to Prague military hospital with serious injuries, and is in a medically-induced coma. Jirina Ernestova added that his 52 year-old wife has been admitted to Motol Hospital suffering from shock and smoke inhalation.
The BBC cited reports that Jamal al-Jamal suffered injuries "to his limbs".
Although is not immediately clear what the precise cause of the explosion was, police are now saying it was likely the result of an "accident" and not an attack. Some unconfirmed reports suggest the ambassador may have been mishandling explosives.
According to an unnamed "Palestinian official", quoted by the Guardian: "He moved an old case with him to the new house [where the explosion took place - ed.] from the old house. And when he opened it, the explosion happened."
Czech authorities have so far been vague however, with police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova simply confirming that "there was a detonation in the residence of a Palestinian diplomat.
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Must've taken his work home with him.
Boo freakin hoo
Muslim work at home program.
Maybe it was some old plastic explosives, very unstable. The safe hadn’t been opened in 30 years supposedly.
Isn’t Czechoslovakia then home of Cemtek, a C4mlike substance used by all reputable terrorists?
Excuse me for not crying for that evildoer!
I am so confused.
Does this guy get his 72 virgins or not?
Does Allah (um, I mean Satan) say, “nice try, buddy, here is your reward”? Or does he say “d’oh! Better luck next time, sucker!” (in his best imitation Homer Simpson voice)?
Maybe someone needs to post that question on the “Ask an Imam” site and get the answer from the horse’s, um, ‘mouth’.
Maybe if each Muslim was born with a bomb implanted in their butt they could take care of each other and solve all our problems!!
Plastic explosives are always stable - they require a #8 (military) cap to function. You can play football with plastic explosives, mold it to any shape you want, hit it with a hammer, and light it with a match - it burns at a slow and sustained rate.
This is an odd story.
Maybe he gets the used virgins.
Jamal al-Jamal. What a shame....
Camel the Camel (translation)
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