Professional Czech soldier fined in Croatia for beating up his children

A Czech professional soldier returning from a holiday in Croatia was fined for beating up his children and making them kneel at a petrol station where they had stopped for gas. Shocked by the brutality of the attack witnesses called the police and the man was questioned and eventually fined the equivalent of 11,000 Czech crowns (745 US dollars). Police said the children were unharmed but suffering from shock. His commander at the Časlaví military base said the incident had been resolved abroad and the case was thus considered closed. A spokeswoman for the base said the soldier had informed his superiors about the incident but that the matter would end there since he had violated Croatian not Czech laws.