Justice minister under fire from sweet toothed pensioner

Minister of Justice Robert Pelikán came under fire from an angry pensioner in the centre of Prague on Friday morning. The man shot his starter pistol three times at the ground a few meters from the minister before being apprehended by his bodyguards. The man was quickly freed and the minister told the ČTK news agency that no charges would be pressed. The man was reportedly angry about how a case in which he had been accused of stealing from an automatic machine dispensing chocolates and other confectionary had been dealt with. Former president Václav Klaus was the victim of a similar attack in 2012. The head of his personal bodyguard resigned in the aftermath of the incident for alleged failings of the service.