The suspected shooter who attempted to kill Prime Minister Robert Fico had an companion, according to Slovak officers, who is now looking into whether he was actually a “lone dog.”
Little is actually known about the alleged shooter, who attempted to kill Prime Minister Robert Fico next week, other than a left-wing criminal or an out-of-control lone wolf. Despite the government’s request to keep his name private, a number of press leaking and briefings, Juraj Cintula’s personality, his political history, and even his taped revelation have been widely reported in both domestic and international media.
At first it was said , Cintula was a “lone gunman”, but now , Minister of the Interior Matúš Å utaj EÅ¡tok has announced the research team is investigating whether he had partners. One for line of inquiry is that Cintula’s Facebook chat story was deleted shortly after the attack, while he was in police custody and had no other means to do so himself.
Police have discounted the possibility it was the work of the suspect’s wife, given she lacked the technical competency, reports , KonzervatÃvny dennÃk Postoj (‘ The Conservative Daily Post ‘ ).  , The staff is also investigating whether , Cintula was in talk parties where killing the Prime Minister may have been discussed, or joked about.
However, Fico— who was by all accounts close to death after last week’s firing and survived after a significant five hour surgery — is also improving, but remains very sick. Fico is receiving care at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banská Bystrica, according to a deputy chairman of the hospital’s F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital, where he is being treated. He may need time to recover and relax to recover.
The doctor itself said in a separate speech that Fico’s state is secure, “improving clinically”, disease is” slowly decreasing”, and he is communicating.
However, Fico cannot be moved, which suggests that he continues to hold onto his gentle position. Talk in the Slovak media hoping for a statement from the prime minister himself may not be practical at this time.
Czech authorities are also looking into reports of what they call “hate talk” surrounding the attack, in addition to investigating the shooter. A person who yelled about being “approving of murder” and stood outside Fico’s hospital the day before the shooting was given a three-month prison sentence on Sunday.
Czech police are looking into about 50 social media posts that support the attempted assassination as potential criminal offenses involving “online dislike speech.”
