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| Subject: Beautiful! Journalist and his girlfriend are shot dead at their home in Slovakia following the reporter's work on large-scale tax evasion Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:33 pm | |
| A Slovak journalist and his girlfriend were shot dead in their home in an attack likely to be linked to his work on exposing tax evasion, Slovakia's top police officer said.
The bodies of 27-year-old Jan Kuciak and his partner were found on Sunday evening in their house in the town of Velka Maca, east of the capital, Bratislava, police president Tibor Gaspar said.
Officers had gone to the house at the request of a worried family member.
Mr Gaspar said the killings were likely to be related to Mr Kuciak's 'investigative activities'.
Prime Minister Robert Fico said if that was the case, it would be 'an unprecedented attack on freedom of the press and democracy in Slovakia'.
Mr Fico announced his government was offering a million euros (£880,000) to anyone who helps authorities find those behind the killings.
President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska called for a swift investigation of the crime, saying: 'We have to find those who did it as soon as possible and ensure the safety of all journalists.'
Mr Gaspar said the reporter was shot in the chest, while the woman was shot in the head. They were estimated to have been killed between Thursday and Sunday.
He added that Slovakia 'has never faced such an unprecedented attack on a journalist'.
Mr Kuciak was working for the Aktuality.sk news website. He focused mainly on tax evasion.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5437127/Journalist-girlfriend-shot-dead-home-Slovakia.html#ixzz58FhVgN8j
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| Subject: Re: Beautiful! Journalist and his girlfriend are shot dead at their home in Slovakia following the reporter's work on large-scale tax evasion Mon Feb 26, 2018 4:57 pm | |
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