UK man whose backpack went on fire at Prague Airport banned from Czechia

The British man whose backpack caught fire at Prague's Václav Havel Airport on Tuesday, has been found guilty of illegal possession of weapons. A spokesman for the city prosecutor's office, Aleš Cimbala, said the man had part of a military grenade in his luggage.

Prague court on Thursday banned the UK citizen from the Czech Republic for three years.

The man’s backpack caught fire at Terminal 2 of Prague’s Václav Havel Airport on Tuesday morning. As a result the arrivals to the airport were temporarily closed to private traffic.