Slovakian police detains people suspected for murder of Kuciak and his fiancee

Slovakian police have detained one or more persons suspected of the murder of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee, several Slovak media including SME daily and Aktuality.sk website, where Kuciak worked, reported on Thursday quoting police sources.

The police said on its Facebook page it had detained persons suspected of a violent crime and was carrying out home searches but did not say in which case.

The police declined to comment further.

Journalist Jan Kuciak, who had written about political corruption in Slovakia, was found shot dead along with his fiancee Martina Kusnirova at their home outside Bratislava in February. They were both 27.

The murder exacerbated worries about media freedom in ex-communist eastern Europe and led to mass protests that forced the departure of the prime minister Robert Fico and interior minister Robert Kalinak as well as previous police chief Tibor Gaspar.