WARSAW, April 1 (Reuters) - Two Polish citizens have been detained by the country's Internal Security Agency (ABW) in connection with an arson attack on an optics and drone factory in the Czech Republic, state-run news channel TVP Info reported on Wednesday.
The fire on the night of March 19-20 damaged a building used by Czech defence group LPP Holding at an industrial complex in Pardubice, about 120 km (75 miles) east of Prague. A group claiming responsibility said in an online statement that the targeted company was developing weapons for Israel.
TVP Info said the two Poles, aged 22 and 23, were pro-Palestinian activists and were arrested by the ABW on March 24. They will be held in pre-trial detention for three months and face charges of aiding and abetting arson, the broadcaster said.
The ABW and Polish prosecutors did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Czech and Slovak police had previously detained five suspects in the case, including an Egyptian and a U.S. citizen.
LPP Holding announced plans in 2023 to cooperate with Israeli group Elbit Systems, but has said those plans were never implemented. The company produces drones that are exported to Ukraine, which has been fighting Russian forces since Moscow's full-scale invasion in 2022.
(Reporting by Alan Charlish and Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk. Editing by Mark Potter)
