The judge decided to place him in custody due to the suspect’s possible escape and threat of continuing his criminal activities.
A court in the Slovak town of Pezinok has ruled that the suspect in the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico will remain in custody. This was reported by Dennik N on Saturday, May 18.
It is indicated that the preliminary trial judge of the Specialized Criminal Court agreed with the prosecutor’s proposal and decided to place him in custody due to the suspect’s possible escape and the threat of continuing his criminal activities.
The judge did not accept the defendant’s written commitment and rejected the offer of supervision by a probation and mediation officer.
As you know, on May 15, an assassination attempt on Robert Fico in the city of Gandlova during the government retreat. Several bullets hit him. The prime minister is in serious condition.
The attacker was detained at the scene. He turned out to be Juraj Tsintula, 71 years old. The man was motivated by political motives.
After the assassination attempt on Fico in Slovakia, the number of threats to politicians increased
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