Police say no evidence suggests attack on former PM was commissioned

Police say they have no evidence suggesting that Friday’s attack on Civic Democrat leader and former prime minister Mirek Topolánek had been commissioned. TV Nova has reported it received a phone call from a man claiming he was one of the attackers and saying the assault had been commissioned. Police say they know the names of two of the men suspected of the act but no arrests have been made so far. Mr Topolánek was slightly injured on Friday when a group of young men hurled rocks at him in the south Moravian town of Hustopeče where he was campaigning ahead of October’s general elections.