Police detain Finance Ministry bomb threat suspect

The police have detained a man who allegedly made a hoax bomb threat at the Finance Ministry on Tuesday, a police spokeswoman said. Some 800 people were evacuated from the ministry building at central Prague but no explosives were found. The suspect, identified as a 20-year-old man from the north-eastern Šumperk region, had made similar threats in the past, according to the police. If found guilty, he faces up to five years in prison.

Author: Jan Richter