Reuters
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A Slovak court ruled on Tuesday that a man who shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico last year was guilty of terrorism charges and gave him a 21-year jail sentence.
Juraj Cintula, 72, shot at Fico five times from just over a one-meter distance as the prime minister greeted people in the central Slovak town of Handlova in May 2024.
The verdict of the Specialized Criminal Court in the city of Banska Bystrica closes a trial that began in July and whose main question was whether Cintula, who admitted shooting Fico, was guilty of terrorism.
The ruling can be appealed at the country’s…
