Police charge officer with killing wife

Officers from the Czech police’s internal affairs agency have charged a policeman with stabbing his Ukrainian-born wife to death. Miloš Babyka, who is 35, was arrested on Wednesday evening, a week after going on the run. The website tn.cz reported that he had been arrested in Plzeň, the city where the attack took place. Police had issued a warning saying that Mr. Babyka, who was said to have been in the division that dealt with foreigners, was armed and dangerous; they said had been monitoring the officer prior to the killing, but refused to say why.