Overview
- Slovak special police unit UBOK, acting on tips from the national intelligence service and military intelligence, carried out raids that investigators say stopped a planned arson attack on a drone production plant in eastern Slovakia.
- Authorities say three men were detained — two in Slovakia and one in Germany under a European arrest warrant — and face charges of endangering the public.
- Investigators reported seizing an improvised incendiary mixture described as napalm, tools, mobile phones and a handwritten plan that together indicate preparation for a large, dangerous fire.
- Officials say the suspects acted on behalf of unidentified third parties and have not confirmed whether the targeted factory supplied drones to Ukraine, leaving motive and who commissioned the plot unresolved.
- The case underscores cross-border policing and raises security questions for Slovakia’s expanding defence sector and the roughly 70 factory employees who could have been at risk, and it may prompt tighter protections at weapons-related sites.