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The Russian GRU was behind the attack in Vrbětice, NCOZ confirmed

The Police of the Czech Republic, the National Central Office against Organized Crime completed the investigation of the case concerning the explosions of ammunition warehouses in Vrbětice in 2014. The conclusions of the investigation show that the NCOZ considers it proven that the explosions of both warehouses in Vrbětice were carried out by members of Russian military intelligence, the Main Administration of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, known by the abbreviation GRU, whose motive was to prevent the delivery of weapons and ammunition to the areas where the Russian military carried out its operations. The NCOZ thus confirmed the information previously obtained by the Security Information Service.

The Russian GRU was behind the attack in Vrbětice, NCOZ confirmed

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Published: 4/29/2024

In its report, the NCOZ states, among other things: "Russian military intelligence had the means to cause explosions, including persons who traveled from Russia for this purpose and immediately traveled back, and in addition, according to the findings of the NCOZ, they had detailed information about the stored goods, their movement and its end user. According to the findings of the National Central Office against Organized Crime, the perpetrators were members of unit 29155 designed to carry out diversionary operations abroad under the 161st Special Purpose Specialist Training Center of the GRU."

According to BIS director Michal Koudelka, it is crucial that NCOZ confirmed the information previously collected by the Service: "NCOZ did top-notch work on a very complex case and proved that officers of the Russian military intelligence service GRU carried out a heinous attack on our territory that cost the lives of two innocent Czechs citizens and caused billions in property damage.”

The police drew attention to the fact that the suspects are staying in Russia and the authorities of the Russian Federation refused to fulfill the demands made by the Czech Republic through international legal assistance. Because of this, the NCOZ cannot obtain additional information that would enable the initiation of criminal prosecution, and for this reason, pursuant to § 159a, paragraph 5 of the Criminal Code, it decided to postpone the case.

In its decision, the NCOZ noted the participation of Russian military intelligence in causing the explosions and the death of Czech nationals, including the fact that this was not an isolated action, but part of a long-term diversionary operation by Russian military intelligence on the territory of the European Union and Ukraine.

The NCOZ report goes on to say that “police officers from the National Organized Crime Center investigated the matter as part of a joint investigation team with police officers from the UK and worked closely with police authorities from Ukraine and the US. The screening also took place in cooperation with other security forces of the Czech Republic and abroad, with the fact that additional partial knowledge, especially about the movement and used identity of persons of interest, was required through international judicial cooperation in Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria, the Netherlands and Greece .”