Murder ordered over loan

The killing of Ján Korec, head of the Nuclear Energy Research Institute, at his Piešťany home on February 23, 2001 was ordered by a man, Július P., who owed Korec several million crowns, police have revealed.

Compiled by Tom Nicholson from press reports.
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