Slovak police may have detained the actual murders of Jan Kuciak and his fiancé Martina Kusnirova. On Thursday and Friday the authorities arrested nine suspects. Four of them are now officially charged for the crime.

On Sunday The Special Justice Court in Banska Bystrica put all of them into police custody. Their names are Tomas Szabo, Miroslav Marcek, Zoltan Andrusko and Alena Zsuszova. All of them are suspected of murdering Kuciak and Kusnirova – either by killing them or assisting in the crime.

According to anonymous sources cited by the Slovak media, Zsuszova ordered the assasination of the two young victims. Who actually hired the assasins is still in question though.

Zsuszova has previously worked as a Slovak-Italian translator. She was allegedly associated with controversial Slovak bussinessman Marian Kocner, who is currently in custody for a different allegations connected to the financial fraud. Zsuszova also allegedly worked with several Italian bussinessmen operating in Slovakia.

Tomas Szabo is a former police investigator who acording to anonymous sources should be the actual assasin. He is also a cousin of Miroslav Marcek, a former member of the Slovak Armed Forces.

Andrusko is a controversial local bussinessman living in Komarno, a town situated in southern Slovakia close to Kolarovo where the raid took place. He is the only one of the suspects who did not appeal of the decision of taking into the custody. This, according to Slovak media, may suggest, that he is cooperating with the police.

The actuall motive of murdering Kuciak and Kusnirova is still uknown. Slovak police is curently offically working with only two versions. Which ones are they is not publicly known.

Kuciak and Kusnirova were assassinated in their home on 21 February and Slovak authorities said they believed it was a contract killing linked to Kuciak’s work investigating possible widespread government corruption and ties between politicians and Italian mobsters.

The killings triggered a political crisis that resulted in major protests, the dismissal of the national police chief and the collapse of the social democrat government led by Robert Fico.