Prague - Whoever sent the death threat to PM mirek Topolánek (Civic Democrats) not long ago will remain unpunsihed. At least for now, as the police have decided to close the case because of a lack of evidence.
"We did not find sufficient evidence that would lead to the perpetrator, so the case has been closed," Aktuálně.cz was told by a police source who wants to stay anonymous.
PM received the death threat letter one week after private TV Nova published a hidden camera footage in which now former MP Jan Morava from the Civic Democratic Party negotiated an acquisition of controversial photos of political rivals.
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Bullet for a Badman
"Son of a bitch, Topolánek. There is a bullet prepared for you," Hospodářské noviny daily quoted from the letter back then.
Aktuálně.cz reported that the PM has received at least ten such letters. Police say the reasons why the PM keeps receiving these letters vary over time and seem to be dependent on his decisions.
One letter, for example, reacted to decorating of Josef and Ctirad Mašín whose violent resistance activites against the communist regime in the early 1950s is seen as controversial by the Czech public.
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The police source said that another threat was a reaction to the PM's decision to abolish the meat voucher system.
"He received an email which was full of vulgar insults," said the source, adding that the police managed to track down the author in this case.
Anonymous death threats addressed to politicians are nothing new in the Czech Republic. Shortly before the presidential election this year, at least five members of the parliament received bullets packed in envelopes. These cases remain unsolved as well.
