From anti-violence Facebook posts to poetry and pictures with a 'national voluntary civil militia' group, the digital footprint of the suspect in the shooting of the Slovak PM paints a murky picture. Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times outside a cultural centre in Slovakia where he was meeting supporters on Wednesday and remains in serious condition.
While it is not clear exactly what mistakes Cintula refers to, members of Slovenski Branci had previously been accused of pro-Russia links and far-right views. Pavol Kosnac, director of the DEKK Institute in Bratislava and previously spent time with Slovenski Branci studying the group, said it was the 'largest paramilitary group in Slovakia' which was 'anti-system' and their main ideological trait was patriotism.
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