Police: 18-year-old Ukrainian Charged in Case of Stabbing Incident in Bratislava

Bratislava, 15 July (TASR) - In the case of the incident in which a 17-year-old youth was stabbed in the centre of Bratislava at the weekend, an investigator has pressed charges against 18-year-old Ukrainian national Artem T. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] for the crime of bodily harm combined with the offence of disorderly conduct, TASR learnt from Bratislava regional police spokesman Michal Szeiff on Tuesday. The charged man has been placed in a police detention cell, and a motion to prosecute him while in custody has been filed. "The results of the investigation so far have shown that following a verbal conflict, the charged man stabbed the 17-year-old youth three times in the back at a pedestrian crossing on Spitalska Street in the direction of the Marianska tram stop," said Szeiff, adding that he subsequently fled the scene. If found guilty, the charged man could be sentenced to between four and ten years in prison. The injured youth was taken to hospital following the attack. The National Institute of Children's Diseases reported on Sunday that the patient has undergone surgery, is out of danger and is in a stable condition. ko/df