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Police find another bomb at Palestinian Embassy in Prague

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Police disarmed another bomb found in the Palestinian Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, where a blast Jan. 1 killed the ambassador, officials said Thursday.

The latest explosive device was found in a book, Pravo reported.

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"An explosive was found; it was secured and sent for an expert examination to the criminology institute," Prague Police Chief Martin Vondracek said.

Jamal al-Jamal, 56, was killed when a bomb exploded in a safe on New Year's Day.

Besides the explosive device, police found 12 unregistered firearms at the embassy, Pravo said.

In a statement to the Prague police, the Palestinians said the weapons were gifts from representatives of the communist government of Czechoslovakia, which was dissolved in 1993, and that the old firearms were kept in a safe for many years, Czech news agency CTK reported.

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