BRATISLAVA – A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted the man in last year’s attempted assassination of the country's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico of a terror attack and sentenced him to 21 years in prison.

The shooting and the trial have shaken this small, European Union and NATO-member country where Fico has long been a divisive figure, criticized for straying from Slovakia’s pro-Western path and aligning it closer to Russia.

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Juraj Cintula opened fire on Fico on May 15, 2024, as the prime minister greeted supporters following a government meeting in the town of Handlová, about 140 kilometers (85 miles) northeast of the capital of Bratislava.

Cintula, 72, was arrested immediately after the attack and ordered to remain behind bars . When questioned by i

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