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The suspect in the attempted assassination of Slovakia's prime minister now faces terror charges
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FILE - Bodyguards take Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in a car from the scene after he was shot and injured following the cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, on May 15, 2024. Slovakia’s authorities started to investigate a suspect in an attempted assassination on populist Prime Minister Robert Fico as a terror attack, the country’s prosecutor general said on Thursday, July 4, 2024. - photo by Radovan Stoklasa/TASR via AP
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The suspect in the attempted assassination in May of Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, is now facing terror charges as part of an investigation by authorities, the country’s prosecutor general said Thursday. Maroš Žilinka said in a statement that the suspect identified only as J.C., who was originally charged with attempted murder, now faces the additional charges. Žilinka said the change is based on evidence the investigators obtained, but didn’t immediately give further details.