Czech police have reopened an investigation into the death of former Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk in 1948, which was officially ruled a suicide.
His body was found on March 10, 1948, under the window of his official residence, shortly after the Communist Party took power.
Many of Masaryk's associates and Czechoslovak leaders in exile believed that he had been assassinated, possibly by Czechoslovak or Soviet secret services. Investigations were attempted during the Prague Spring and officially conducted after the Velvet Revolution.
The case was closed in 2021 without a final conclusion, but murder has not been ruled out, leaving numerous questions unanswered.
Police are now citing newly obtained documents from American and French archives as grounds for reopening the case, this time as a murder investigation.
These documents, previously unknown, shed new light on the circumstances of Masaryk's death. It is unclear whether the new evidence provides direct information or identifies suspects.
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