STA, 10 July 2019 - An Iraqi man who was shot by a police officer he attempted to attack after knifing a taxi driver has been charged with two counts of attempted murder and will remain in custody pending trial, an investigating magistrate in Nova Gorica has decided.
The 26-year-old underwent surgery after the police officer shot him in the leg, but he was deemed fit to see the investigative magistrate and was transported to the Koper prison after the hearing late on Tuesday.
The Iraqi entered a taxi in Vrtojba on the border with Italy, but only a few kilometres later, it became clear that he did not have enough money to pay for the ride to Ljubljana.
The taxi driver pulled over on the expressway and wanted the man to leave the car, but he resisted and attacked the driver, who sustained injuries on his neck.
When two police officers arrived at the scene just minutes later, the man charged at them with the knife and was disabled with a shot in the leg.
