Prague, May 4 (CTK) - The three Czech soldiers who were wounded in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan on Wednesday were released from hospital on Saturday night, but the condition of the fourth one is still very serious, general staff spokeswoman Jana Ruzickova told CTK Sunday.The injured soldiers and the body of their dead colleague returned to Prague aboard a military special plane on Saturday and they were immediately transported to the Central Military Hospital.

A mourning ceremony in honour of the dead soldier was then held at the Kbely military airport, with Defence Minister Vlasta Parkanova and other top ministry and military representatives as well as the soldier’s family attending.

All the wounded soldiers underwent a comprehensive medical check-up on Saturday evening, Ruzickova said, adding that the three soldiers will be treated without hospitalisation in an outpatient ward.

Chief of staff Vlastimil Picek, who accompanied the troops from Kabul, said previously that the soldiers suffered bruises and lacerated wounds. Their colleague is still fighting for his life, Picek added.

Parkanova promoted the dead soldier from the Prostejov, south Moravia, reconnaissance unit, to the rank of warrant officer in memoriam and decorated him with a cross of merit, 1st degree.

The five soldiers, members of the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT), were wounded in an explosion of a roadside bomb that hit their Humwee vehicle in the eastern Afghan province of Logar on Wednesday. The 28-year-old driver succumbed to serious injuries in hospital.

He is the third Czech soldier to die in Afghanistan. In March, a Czech military policeman was killed in a suicide attack in Helmand province.

The PRT has operated in eastern Afghanistan since March and it is to stay in the country for three years at least.

This story is from the Czech News Agency (?TK).