Interior minister decorates Krnov officers and civilians for bravery

Interior Minister Radek John on Saturday decorated four police officers and three civilians for bravery in connection with last week’s incident in the Knov shopping mall. All of them helped prevent carnage when they helped disarm a robber who was armed with a pistol and several hand grenades. Seeing him about to explode his last remaining grenade one of the police officers threw himself on top of the robber, pinning him down and covering him with his body. The explosion tore the man’s body to pieces and seriously wounded the offer. Experts said later that had it not been for his timely action the explosion would have been devastating. Two of the injured officers remain in hospital.