Sutaj Estok Announces Dismissal of Police Corps President Solak

Bratislava/Poprad, January 18 (TASR) - In connection with the tragedy in Spisska Stara Ves (Presov region), Lubomir Solak is stepping down as the Police Corps president, and the Director of the Spisska Stara Ves District Police Department will also be dismissed with immediate effect, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) stated on Saturday. The minister justified the dismissal of the Director of the Spisska Stara Ves District Police Department by stating that based on findings from the Inspection Service Office, the department had failed to take sufficient preventive measures, despite being aware of the problematic student. Solak’s dismissal was attributed to the extent of the tragedy. "Given the circumstances, I have agreed with him to immediately end his tenure as police president," the minister noted. Until a new police president is appointed, the current Police Vice-president, Rastislav Polakovic, will be in charge of the Police Corps. The victims of Thursday's (January 16) attack at the secondary grammar school in Spisska Stara Ves are two women, aged 18 and 51. Another 18-year-old woman with moderately severe injuries was taken to hospital. The police charged the 18-year-old suspect, a student attending the school, with premeditated murder and proposed detention, which the prosecutor agreed with. lin