Czech PM condemns metro attacks in Moscow

The Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, has condemned Monday’s attacks in Moscow’s metro. In a letter of condolence to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Mr Fischer said the two suicide bomb attacks were “a deplorable act of hate”. The Czech prime minister noted that the government of the Czech Republic, its citizens as well as himself personally condemn all terrorist acts as unacceptable.

The Czech embassy in Moscow said no Czech citizens were among the victims of the attacks that killed at least 37 people at two metro stations in the Russian capital on Monday morning. The Czech chargé d’affaires in Moscow said they were checking all available lists of Czech nationals in Moscow, but no Czech victim had been reported.