Four DHL employees were seized as part of the investigation into the attempted assassination of Dmitry Syty, the head of the Russian House in the Central African Republic (CAR), a high-ranking source in the CAR police informed Sputnik on Wednesday.

"As a result of the investigation, four suspects were placed [in custody] under a detention warrant: three men and one woman. A trial is expected to be organized by the Bangui Prosecutor's Office," the source said.

The official clarified that the four DHL employees plead not guilty.

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In December last year, Central African Republic police considered the assassination attempt on the head of the Russian House in the CAR to be a terrorist attack, the country's police chief Bienvenu Zokoue said.

Syty received a parcel bomb that exploded on a table in his cabinet, Bangui's police told Sputnik. "It seems that he started going through mail at the table, opened a parcel, began pulling what was in it, and the explosion occurred," the police said.
 
The police gave Sputnik photos from the blast site that showed there was a note at the crime scene with threats in French.

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