Cintula, who admitted his guilt during a police interrogation, has claimed he shot the prime minister because he disagreed with his policies and wanted to hurt him, but has denied wanting to kill him.
A court ordered the perpetuation on Saturday preventive prison of Juraj Cintula, arrested for shooting and seriously wounding the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Ficowhere he disputed the risk of fleeing and committed another crime.
The investigating judge of the Specialized Criminal Court of the city of Pezinok accepted the verdict request from the Public Prosecution ServiceA ruling that Cintula can still appeal against, reports a spokeswoman for that court.
Cintula has been taken to testify in court for the first time since his attack under strict security measures.
The attacker, who shot Fico five times last Wednesday, has been charged by police assassination attempt in the first degree and faces the possibility of punishment between 25 years and life imprisonment.
Cintula, which has admitted his guilt In a police interrogation, according to radio station TA3, he stated that he shot the prime minister because he disagreed with his policies and wanted to hurt him, but he denied that he wanted to kill him.
Fico is admitted, stable and consciously, but in Serious condition after being subjected to since Wednesday two interventions surgical procedures to treat the four gunshot wounds he suffered.
The prime minister was shot on Wednesday as he left a meeting of the Council of Ministers in the city of Handlová.
The profile of the attacker shows many contradictions: a critic of Fico who was against violence, but in the past aligned himself with ultra-nationalist and racist narratives.
Source: EITB
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