Media freedom community condemns murder of journalist and partner
By Jane Whyatt
The fatal shooting of an investigative reporter and his fiancée at their home in Slovakia has shocked and outraged media freedom campaigners.
27 year old investigative journalist Ján Kuciak. (photo with permission of Aktuality.sk)
Twenty-seven-year old Ján Kuciak was shot in the chest and his partner in the head. Their bodies were found at the apartment they shared in the town of Velka Maca, where they had recently moved in together.
Ján Kuciak had been working to uncover evidence of tax fraud in big businesses. He worked for the news portal Actuality.sk, belonging to the Ringier Axel Springer media group.…