Self-styled militia leader in custody again as panel reverses judge's decision

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Ljubljana, 12 September - Andrej Šiško, the self-styled leader of a local militia, was brought into custody again on Wednesday morning after a panel of judges reversed the investigating magistrate's decision to let him walk free. Šiško's lawyer Viktor Osim told the STA he would appeal.

Maribor Andrej Šiško, the leader of the far-right United Slovenia party and the self-styled leader of a group of men called the Štajerska Guard, speaks to the press. Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

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Andrej Šiško, the leader of the far-right United Slovenia party and the self-styled leader of a group of men called the Štajerska Guard, speaks to the press.
Photo: Andreja Seršen Dobaj/STA

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