On Saturday evening, February 12, at 22:00 a businessman from Galanta was shot dead near the stadium in Galanta, the Trnava Regional Police spokesperson, Martina Kredatusová, told the TASR newswire saying the victim, age 43, was killed by an unknown assailant whose identity is being investigated.
Several media outlets have speculated that this was some kind of Mafia retaliation and that the attack could mean a return of Mafia war, the SITA newswire wrote on February 13.
Source: TASR, SITA
Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports
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