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Interior Ministry Disbands Special Team Investigating Tupy's Murder
Thursday 04 November 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, November 4 (TASR) - Interior Ministry as of November 1 disbanded the special team that investigated the murder of student Daniel Tupy, which occurred in Bratislava five years ago, Aktualne.sk website reported on Thursday.
The police haven't scrapped the case, however. "The investigation continues, but now at the Bureau for Combating Organised Crime, under the leadership of the very officers that had worked on the case before," said Interior Ministry spokesman Gabor Grendel.
Tupy was stabbed to death when he and group of friends were attacked on the evening of November 4, 2005 on the Tyrsovo Embankment in Bratislava. It was thought at first that the attackers were a gang of skinheads, but later the focus switched to members of the criminal underworld. A subsequent trial in the case was unsuccessful, as the prosecutor was unable to provide any direct and reliable evidence against the five charged men. The court heard from 40 witnesses and eight expert witnesses. The main suspect had been in jail for 16 months during the process.
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