PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (United News International) - The special operations unit of the Prague police force stormed the Antoninum Opera House today, bringing to an end a tense three-day stand-off. The president of the Czech Republic and several foreign dignitaries had been held hostage in the opera house since Thursday evening when a group of terrorists seized the building during a command performance of famed tenor Mitchell Morris. According to a government spokesman President Hasek is shaken by his ordeal, but unharmed. Three other hostages, however, were executed shortly before the police stormed the building in what authorities are calling one of the most vicious terrorist attacks in recent history. The motivation for the attack is still unknown, but experts have suggested that it may be connect to the Czech government's recent crackdown on organized crime.
