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Investigators will examine whether or not the suspect was working as a part of a bunch of people that inspired one another to commit homicide

Slovak authorities are investigating the chance that the suspect within the assassination try towards Prime Minister Robert Fico was not appearing alone, as beforehand believed, Inside Minister Matusz Šutaj introduced Eštok at a press convention on Sunday, introduced by Reuters and BTA.

On Wednesday, Fico, 59, was killed in an assault that raised issues about intense political polarization in Slovakia, Reuters reported earlier.

The crew investigating the assault on Prime Minister Robert Fico confirms the model that the perpetrator was not a “lone wolf”, mentioned Eštok, Slovak information company TASR mentioned.

The minister introduced that investigators will examine whether or not the suspect was working as a part of a bunch of people that inspired one another to commit homicide.

One of many details that time to the involvement of others is that the suspect’s web communications had been deleted twice after the assault, however not by the suspect and perhaps not his spouse’s, Estock mentioned. This exhibits that “the crime could have been dedicated by a selected group of individuals,” he mentioned.

Slovak Inside Minister Matusz Šutaj Eštok at a press convention on the Authorities Constructing in Bratislava, Might 19, 2024.

The minister rejected info that appeared on social networks about two comrades from town of Handlova, the place the assault passed off. “They’ve additionally already suffered threats and loss of life threats,” the minister mentioned.

In the meantime, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliniak assured that Robert Fizzo’s life is now at risk, however his situation stays severe.

“We’re all a little bit extra relaxed,” Kaliniak mentioned at a press convention outdoors the hospital within the central Slovak city of Banska Bystrica, the place Fico was being handled.

Kaliniak informed reporters that the Slovak prime minister’s situation was nonetheless too severe to contemplate shifting him to a hospital within the capital, Bratislava. Nevertheless, the worst issues about his well being at the moment are behind us, he mentioned.

“The Prime Minister is now at risk, however his situation continues to be severe and requires intensive care,” mentioned Kaliniak.

The assault on Fico is the primary main try on a European political chief in additional than 20 years. Political analysts and lawmakers say the assassination is a testomony to the more and more risky and polarized political surroundings not solely in Slovakia however throughout Europe.

On Saturday, Slovakia’s Particular Felony Courtroom dominated that the suspect within the assault, recognized by prosecutors as Juraj C., will stay in custody after being charged with tried to homicide. In keeping with native media, the suspect is a 71-year-old mall safety guard who had a authorized firearm, Reuters notes.