Israeli weapons factory torched in Czech Republic

A facility linked to Israeli arms giant Elbit Systems has been set ablaze in the Czech Republic, with an underground group claiming responsibility, Report informs via Al Jazeera.

Czech authorities have launched an investigation as police said they were looking into "a possible terrorist link."

Several buildings at the site, a joint operation involving a Czech company and Elbit Systems, were destroyed in the early morning attack.

Elbit Systems describes itself as a key supplier of land and air weapons used by the Israeli military in its wars, including in Gaza and Iran.

A group calling itself The Earthquake Faction said on Telegram: "The site is central to the European operations of Israel's biggest weapons producer. Now, it's in flames.

"There is no time to beg the complicit international governments… we will take necessary action to quash their means to kill."