Children burn down castle while trying to light cigarettes

Two Slovak children were suspected of burning down a large gothic castle in eastern Slovakia when their experimentation with smoking went wrong.

Police were investigating two boys on suspicion they set grass at the foot of the Krasna Horka castle on fire when they tried to light up cigarettes, said Jana Mesarova, police spokeswoman for the eastern Slovak region of Kosice.

Children under the age of 15 cannot be prosecuted in Slovakia.