Police release foreigners arrested after attack on Ukrainian volunteers

Police in Prague have released without charge five foreigners arrested following an altercation on the city’s Old Town Square last weekend. A spokesperson for the Prague Prosecutor’s Office said the matter could be further investigated as a misdemeanour.

The Czech News Agency reported that video footage from the incident, when volunteers at a stand collecting money for Ukraine were set upon, did not provide proof that the participants had approved of Russian aggression toward that country.

Four of the five were arrested at Prague Airport; the other was picked up on the scene.