The government in Prague present decided that the state would tighten safety controls on the facilities of 428 companies that hold a licence to manufacture and export weapons.
Some of them endanger to revoke permits. It's a reaction to Friday's fire at the Pardubice plant. Investigators presume the origin of this incidental may have been an act of terror.
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of manufacture and Trade Karel Havlikk stressed that no peculiar provisions were needed to carry out controls at the reinforcing facilities. The work to guarantee safety arises straight from the Act on the handling of dangerous materials. It will besides be possible to invoke the provisions of the arms and ammunition bill if necessary.
In the industrial region in Pardubice, the warehouse hall and the administrative building of LPP Holding burned down on Friday. The company estimates that the harm will amount to hundreds of millions of crowns. Pardubice worked on communication systems for railways and optoelectronic devices. Police are investigating the case for suspicion that there may have been a terrorist attack.
After the incidental Prime Minister Andrej Babisz stated that the facility in Pardubice was not sufficiently secured. According to LPP Holding, however, the site was protected in accordance with the applicable law. any peculiar production companies present announced that they have strengthened their safety features.
APW, PAP
