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Robert Fico's Assassin Appears in Court, Claims He only Wanted to Incapacitate the Prime Minister

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The court trial of Juraj Cintula, who shot the Slovak prime minister last year, began on Tuesday. He denies the terrorism charge.

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The court trial of Juraj Cintula, who shot the Slovak prime minister last year, began on Tuesday. He denies the terrorism charge.

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The second day of the trial of Juraj Cintula, the defendant in the assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Směr), began with the playing of a video from last year's testimony by the Prime Minister before an investigator. The 72-year-old Cintula was brought to court on Wednesday by a heavily armed commando.

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·Bratislava, Slovakia
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"I didn't mean to kill him, I wasn't aiming for his head" - Robert Fico's assassin feels no remorse - Juraj Cintula's trial has begun, his lawyer is willing to make a plea bargain.

·Budapest, Hungary
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There has been no evidence of the attacker's connection to opposition parties in court; the assassin had participated in anti-government protests in the past. "However, there is bulletproof evidence that the assassin was an opposition activist, that he knew opposition representatives. The assassin is a product of opposition hatred, its extended hand, a tool for pulling the trigger," Fico claimed in a recording (starting at 4:21) on the social ne…

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told investigators of last year's attack on him that he did not know who was shooting at him or from where. The court played a recording of Fico's interrogation on Wednesday during the main trial of Juraj Cintula, who is responsible for the attack. The court began hearing the case on Tuesday and Fico is not participating in it personally. Cintula has previously claimed that he only wanted to hurt the prime minis…

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Denník N broke the news in on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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