PM says he has no knowledge of terrorist recruitment on Czech territory

Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said he has no knowledge of of recruitment on Czech territory by the terrorist organisation IS, or Isil as it is also known, which holds large parts of Syria and Iraq. He made the statement on a Sunday TV debate programme in response to earlier words by the president which suggested that some on Czech territory had been recruited but had already departed for Syria. The country's BIS counter-intelligence organisation responded by saying it had no such information. The country's police president, Tomáš Tuhý, meanwhile, backed up the prime minister. He said the police knew of only foreign nationals who had left the Czech Republic for what he called "problematic destinations", adding that the authorities did not have information about why they were traveling to those areas.

Author: Jan Velinger