Fischer emphasises commitment to combating extremism

Prime Minister Jan Fischer on Friday emphasised his government’s commitment to fighting extremism in the Czech Republic while recapitulating his priorities before parliament on Friday. The PMs statement was in reference to reports of terrorist attacks prepared by a right-wing fascist organisation and reported on by the daily Mladá fronta Dnes on Thursday. The paper cited a professional soldier as stating he was training a group of some thirty individuals to carry out kidnappings and attacks on ideological enemies, including Jews and anarchists. The Minister of Defence Martin Barták said Thursday evening he had ordered the soldier’s immediate discharge. Police have charged eight individuals in connection with the organisation, which calls itself White Justice.