Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico
by Pjotr Sauer in Bratislava and Lili Bayer in Brusse from World news | The Guardian on (#6MX98)
Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over attempted assassination of prime minister
The suspect in the shooting of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico appeared in a closed court hearing on Saturday outside Bratislava amid growing fears about the future of the deeply divided nation.
The media was barred from the hearing, and reporters were kept behind a gate by armed police officers wearing balaclavas.
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