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Terrorist Abdeslam Supposedly Stayed in Slovakia in Summer of 2015

Terrorist Abdeslam Supposedly Stayed in Slovakia in Summer of 2015

Bratislava, April 6 (TASR) – Salah Abdeslam, one of the masterminds behind the terrorist attacks that took place in Paris in November 2015, is thought to have visited Slovakia for three weeks in the summer of last year, aktuality.sk website reports on Tuesday, referring to two independent sources from the

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

RegioJet Train Leaves Poprad Station Late Due to Bomb Scare

Poprad, March 31 (TASR) – The bomb alert on a RegioJet express train heading from Prague to Kosice at the Poprad railway station on Thursday turned out to be a hoax, Presov Fire and Rescue Corps operation centre told TASR on Thursday. “The hold-up and subsequent lengthy scanning of the train

Hungarian Court Sentences 'Rat' to Life Imprisonment

Hungarian Court Sentences 'Rat' to Life Imprisonment

Budapest, March 31 (TASR – correspondent) – Slovak national Jozef R., nicknamed Potkan (Rat), received a life sentence from a Hungarian Court on Thursday for a bomb attack carried out in Budapest in 1988 and two murders committed in the same city in 1998, TASR learnt on the same day. According to

Court Gives Life Sentence to "the Bucket" and Fellow Partners-in-Crime

Court Gives Life Sentence to "the Bucket" and Fellow Partners-in-Crime

Banska Bystrica, March 30 (TASR) – The kingpin of the Bratislava ‘Sykorovci’ gang Robert Lalis nicknamed Kybel (Bucket) received a life sentence from the Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. Life sentence was given also to Jozef Rohac nicknamed Potkan (Rat), who is currently held in custody in Hungary,

Robber Ransacks Grocery Store in Bratislava with Table Knife

Robber Ransacks Grocery Store in Bratislava with Table Knife

Bratislava, March 13 (TASR) – A table knife was enough for an unidentified man to rob a grocery store in Bratislava on Saturday evening, TASR learnt from Bratislava Regional Police Directorate spokesperson Tatiana Kurucova on Sunday. The robber ambushed two staff members – a 26-year old man and a 38-year old woman

Police Check Trains and Railway Stations, Find One Illegal Migrant

Police Check Trains and Railway Stations, Find One Illegal Migrant

Bratislava, March 11 (TASR) – On March 10-11 Slovak police officers took part in an international operation launched by RAILPOL (a network of organisations responsible for policing railways in EU-member states) whose purpose was to increase and deepen cooperation between railway police forces in Europe in order to prevent threats and

Alleged Nephew Swindles Elderly Couple Out of Thousands

Alleged Nephew Swindles Elderly Couple Out of Thousands

Nitra, March 11 (TASR) – An unknown man conned an elderly couple from Topolcany (Nitra region) out of €5,000 on Thursday by means of the old trick of posing as their nephew and asking them to lend him money, Nitra regional police spokesperson Renata Cuhakova told TASR on Friday. “The