Slovak president forced off plane after warning

Slovak president forced off plane after warning

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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia's president was evacuated from his official plane because of a telephone warning shortly before it was due to take off on Monday.

Ivan Gasparovic's aircraft was on the runway ahead of a trip to the Czech Republic when the head of Slovakia's state security service ordered an emergency check of the plane, Interior Ministry spokesman Erik Tomas said.

"The president's office received a phone call from a man who urged the president not to board the plane and leave for the Czech Republic because he was in serious danger," Tomas said.

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Interesting. I know that this could have just been a prank, but if so, the caller was prolly a bit nuts. One has to wonder if the caller knew something about planes going down into the ocean.

Apparently, the only report on this is from Rueters and everyone is copying that report. *sigh* Amalgamated news services suck.

If true, who would want to murder the Slovak president?

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