Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - 'Free culture': Slovak gunman defends Fico shooting as trial begins

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2025-07-08

A 72-year-old poet said he had shot and wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to defend "free culture" as he went on trial Tuesday more than a year after the shock attack. Juraj Cintula shot nationalist, Kremlin-friendly Fico four times at close range after a government meeting in the central Slovak mining town of Handlova on May 15, 2024, leaving him seriously wounded. Detained at the scene, Cintula -- who has said he intended to wound but n......

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