Slovak police thwart planned arson attack on drone factory

Aug 25 (Reuters) - ‌Police have ​thwarted ​a planned arson attack on a factory producing ‌unmanned aerial systems in eastern Slovakia ⁠and detained three foreigners suspected in ‌the attempt, police said ‌on Facebook on Tuesday.

Two suspects were detained in Slovakia and ​one in Germany, police said. There was no damage to ⁠property nor any injuries, they said.

"Police seized a ​larger amount of incendiary mixture, tools, mobile phones, camera and ​a handwritten plan," ‌police said, adding that there were about 70 people ⁠at the facility at the time of the planned attack.

Police investigators ⁠charged the suspects with public endangerment committed ​on commission.

They did not name the factory targeted, nor its precise location, and ‌the suspected commissioning party was not named.

NATO and European ‌Union member Slovakia borders Ukraine ⁠in its ‌east.

(Reporting by Jan ​Lopatka and Jason Hovet in Prague; Editing by Alex ‌Richardson)

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