Thousands march in Slovakia to honor slain journalist
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March 2, 2018
PRAGUE (AP) — Tens of thousands of Slovaks marched in a national rally Friday to honor journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend, who were shot dead as Kuciak was working on a story about the influence of the Italian mafia in Slovakia.
In the capital of Bratislava, President Andrej Kiska asked a crowd estimated at 20,000 people to observe a minute of silence for the two, whose bodies were found Sunday in their house in Velka Maca, east of Bratislava.
Similar marches were being held in some 25 towns and cities across the country and in cities abroad, including London, Paris and Brussels.
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