The Supreme Court disputes that the assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico was terrorism. The evidence is insufficient

As the Aktuality.sk portal reported, the court disagrees with the prosecutor, who also based this conclusion on letters from the accused addressed to his wife.

In them, Juraj Cintula allegedly stated that the attack on Fico was motivated by disagreement with government policy, while the prosecutor paraphrased that his aim was to make the government dysfunctional.

It is not possible to speak unequivocally of terrorism

However, the Supreme Court notes that such evidence has not yet been secured to the necessary extent, and thus there can be no clear evidence of terrorism as yet.

The judges pointed out that Juraj Cintula's letters show his personal hatred of Fico rather than a clear intention to force the government to do something or omit something.

The results of the investigation do not appear to be conclusive

The results of the investigation therefore do not yet appear sufficiently conclusive to confirm a terrorist attack.

The investigating officer initially classified the case as attempted premeditated murder but later reclassified it as terrorism, which the court finds questionable.

See also the October 4 report on the man who approved the assassination of the prime minister: