2022 Bratislava shooting

On 12 October 2022, two people were killed (plus the perpetrator), and a third person was wounded in a shooting outside of the front entrance of Tepláreň, a gay bar in Bratislava, Slovakia,[13] a well-known spot frequented by the local LGBTQ community.The day prior to the attack, Twitter account NTMA0315 owned by Krajčík, published statements including "I have made my decision", "it will be done" and "Race First.[36] According to Matej Medvecký, a counter-extremism expert, the murderer had also been active in Terrorgram communities and subscribed to the ideology of Accelerationism, supported by terrorist groups such as Atomwaffen Division.In the document, the author does not provide their name, claiming it is not of importance and "will be known later anyway", but identifies himself as a man of Slovak origin born on July 28, 2003, who has decided to "execute an operation" against "the enemies of the white race".[37] The text also attributes COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination measures to a "Jewish plot to train the white race to be obedient" and denies the Holocaust.[38] It also glorifies a 22-year-old Slovak man in particular, known on Telegram as Slovakbro, who was arrested by the police in May 2022 for promoting right-wing extremism and calling for the overthrow of the democratic system in Slovakia by means of sabotage and terrorism.[42] On 14 October 2022, a vigil titled "March against Hatred", organized by the local LGBT advocacy group Iniciatíva Inakost, took place in Bratislava.Participants marched from Tepláreň to the SNP square, where the proprietor of Tepláreň, president Zuzana Čaputová, mayor of Bratislava Matúš Vallo and governor of Bratislava region Juraj Droba as well as other Slovak politicians and celebrities gave speeches commemorating the victims, denouncing the crime and expressing support to the LGBT community.The rector of Comenius University Marek Števček issued a press release informing that a student of the Faculty of Arts, Matúš Horváth, was one of the two victims of the shooting.[52] Among foreign state and political representatives, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala expressed his condolences to the survivors of the victims.[53] The Czech Minister of the Interior, Vít Rakušan, added that there is no place in a decent society "for unjustified discrimination of LGBT people".[54] President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen expressed her condolences and added that "We have to protect the LGBTIQ community".