A “radicalized teenager” shot dead two men in a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakian Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced on Thursday. The shooting occurred Wednesday outside the Teplaren bar in the city center. The killer, meanwhile, was found dead elsewhere in the capital on Thursday, police said.
“Two people were killed simply for being part of the LGBTI community, Eduard Heger told the press, it is unacceptable.” “In a free and democratic country, homosexuals have the right to live freely,” he added.
Local media identified the teenager as Juraj Krajcik, 19, the son of a prominent member of the far-right Vlast party. The party failed to gain enough votes to enter parliament in the 2020 parliamentary elections.
The son of a far-right activist.
The Vice President of the European Commission, the Slovakian Maros Sefcovic, sent his “most sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims of the heinous attack in Slovakia.”
Police said Juraj Krajcik’s body was found in a park in another part of the city around 8 a.m. Thursday. According to media reports, he had left homophobic and anti-Semitic messages on a Twitter account, saying that he did not regret his actions.
A Slovak LGBTQ organization, the Inakost Initiative (Difference Initiative), “deeply shocked and moved”, announced on Facebook a commemorative rally in Bratislava on Friday. “This is a painful moment for the entire country. We must all oppose
Source: BFM TV
