Slovak prosecutors said Thursday they had charged entrepreneur Marian Kocner with ordering the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, whose killing during a corruption probe…
Slovak prosecutors said Thursday they had charged entrepreneur Marian Kocner with ordering the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak, whose killing during a corruption probe triggered mass protests and toppled the country’s prime minister.
Kuciak had been investigating Kocner’s business activities at the time of his death, one of several stories he had been working on when he was gunned down with his fiancee Martina Kusnirova at home in February 2018.
«The reason for the murder was the journalistic work of the victim,» a special prosecutor told reporters in Bratislava who was left unnamed for security reasons.
The the prosecutor said Kocner, who has a number of property development and investment businesses, was charged on March 8 with «ordering the murder».
