Slovakia Foils Napalm Arson Plot Against Drone Factory

Slovak police have thwarted preparations for an attack on a factory producing unmanned aerial systems — the suspects had planned to set the site ablaze using homemade napalm. The news was reported by Slovak police on their Facebook page.

According to the agency, had the attack gone ahead, the plant would have faced a large-scale fire posing a risk to people's lives and health. At the time of the planned attack, an estimated 70 employees could have been on site, while the value of the equipment in the production hall is estimated at tens of millions of euros.

How the plot was uncovered

The operation to foil the attack was carried out based on intelligence from the Slovak Information Service and military intelligence. Using this information, law enforcement identified those involved in planning the attack and prevented it from being carried out.

During searches, police seized a significant quantity of incendiary mixture, tools, mobile phones, a camera, and a handwritten plan of the site. According to a preliminary assessment by the police's Forensic and Expert Institute, the seized mixture was made of gasoline and polystyrene — a substance known as napalm.

Who has been charged

The Bureau for Combating Organized Crime has charged three foreign nationals. Police say their actions have been classified as preparation for a particularly serious crime — creating public endangerment, which they were to carry out as a group, acting on commission.

Two of the suspects were detained in Slovakia, while the third was apprehended by German authorities under a European Arrest Warrant issued in record time.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz