Slovakia could treat killings outside gay bar as terrorism, prosecutor says


  • World
  • Friday, 14 Oct 2022

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova stands next to her partner Juraj Rizman and the owner of a gay bar as a person lays a tribute at the site of a shooting in Bratislava, Slovakia October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

(Reuters) - Slovakia could treat the killing of two people outside a well-known gay bar in the capital Bratislava as an act of terrorism, a top prosecutor said on Friday, as investigators looked deeper into the shooting which has rattled the central European state.

The killings, investigated as a possible hate crime although police have yet to determine its motives, have sparked outrage from politicians and rights groups, and prompted the president to call for reflection on the political climate in the country.

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