Police investigate act of vandalism at Arab shop in Teplice

Police are investigating an act of vandalism targeting an Arab grocery store in Teplice, located near a spa and park frequented by visitors from Persian Gulf countries in the spring and summer months. The storefront was splashed in places with an as yet unknown red liquid, which the owner maintains was blood. He told the website iDnes the police had secured a bucket left at the scene. The police themselves have not revealed additional details but tests of the liquid are pending. Last month, the embattled head of the upstart Dawn party, Tomio Okamura, called on Czechs to provoke local Muslims, agreeing with a colleague's Facebook tract that they should boycott kebab shops and walk pigs and dogs outside Arab establishments and mosques. Mr Okamura saw a backlash in the social media as a result.

Author: Jan Velinger