Two folks had been killed and one other one was injured after a taking pictures in entrance of an LGBT venue in Bratislava on Wednesday night.
The attacker was discovered lifeless on Thursday morning, Slovak police mentioned, refusing to touch upon whether or not the taking pictures might have been a hate crime.
The drive additionally reassured the general public there have been no considerations about additional assaults.
It occurred in entrance of Tepláreň, one of many few LGBT spots within the Slovak capital, at round 19h CEST.
Witnesses instructed the native media that they heard as much as 10 pictures.
The 2 males who had been shot lifeless on the scene had been each of their 20s. One of many males labored on the bar, newspaper SME reported.
The wounded lady -- who additionally works at Tepláreň -- was rushed to the hospital, however her life isn't in peril.
In the meantime, the home press recognized the suspected attacker as Juraj Ok., a 19-year-old man who left homophobic and anti-Semitic messages on his Twitter account.
Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger condemned the double homicide on Thursday, saying that "extremism is unacceptable", whereas President Zuzana Čaputová referred to as on politicians to cease spreading hate.
"My ideas are with the household & associates of the victims of yesterday’s horrific assault in Bratislava & everybody within the #LGBTIQ+ group affected by it," Čaputová mentioned in a Twitter submit.
Čaputová got here to the scene of the taking pictures on Thursday afternoon, laying flowers in entrance of Tepláreň and embracing the proprietor of the bar.
"Phrases can change into weapons. Hate kills. As politicians, we should weigh each phrase we are saying earlier than it’s too late," she mentioned.
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